How to replace Siri with ChatGPT on your iPhone and iPad

You can now use OpenAI's ChatGPT on your iPhone by saying Hey Siri, ChatGPT.

Supercharge Siri with ChatGPT on your iPhone and iPad (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar / Indian Express)

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is almost ubiquitous, from enhancing smartphone photography to improving music streaming quality, it is everywhere and plays a vital role in most of the day-to-day activities that we do. With the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, many brands are now integrating generative AI into even more apps and services than ever before.

While Android and iOS devices have their own smart AI-powered assistant — Google Assistant and Siri — you can now enhance Siri’s capabilities by integrating ChatGPT. Here’s how to supercharge Apple’s Siri using OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

ChatGPT API can be accessed from any web browser (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar / Indian Express)

First and foremost, to incorporate ChatGPT into Siri, you need an iPhone or iPad. Next, you need to create an account on OpenAI to access ChatGPT. While ChatGPT can be accessed for free, a Plus version with added perks is also available for $20 per month.

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Once you’ve created an account on OpenAI and can access ChatGPT, go to https://platform.openai.com/. Click on the “Personal” option in the top right corner and select “View API Keys.” From the sub-menu, select “Create New Secret Key” and copy the key. Note that all these steps can be performed on a web browser.

ChatGPT can be quickly configured using Yue-Yang’s GitHub shortcut (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar / Indian Express)

Now, go to your iPhone or iPad and search for Yue-Yang’s Github on the web browser.

Click on the pinned post that says “ChatGPT-Siri” and select “Shortcut Download.” Choose and download the “Smart Chat 1.2 English” version, then select the “Set Up Shortcut” option.

In the next menu, paste the secret ChatGPT API code. The best way to do this is to copy the code on a notes app like Google Keep and paste it from there.

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Now, you will see a shortcut named “ChatGPT 1.2” on the shortcuts app on your iPhone, and you can type your query inside the chatbox to get conversational-style answers.

Dalgona Coffee recipe by ChatGPT-powered Siri (Image credit: Vivek Umashankar / Indian Express)

You can also rename the shortcut for easy access. In my case, I renamed it “AI.” I can now access ChatGPT via Siri by using the command “Hey Siri, AI,” and I can ask questions.

While it does work, for the most part, I have experienced that Siri would sometimes automatically close before reading the ChatGPT-generated response, saying “I have finished answering. Please continue.” It’s not perfect, but it does make Siri a lot more capable.