The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that Apple on Monday unveiled a series of AI upgrades to Siri, including better voice recognition and a stand-alone app, rolling out a long-anticipated overhaul in its AI assistant that the iPhone maker has been striving to improve for the past two years. A Reuters dispatch to The Globe says Apple announced the revamp, called "Siri AI," at its annual developer conference in Cupertino, Calif. Siri AI is capable of analyzing what is on the device screen, and has what Apple called "broad world knowledge" that allows it to reach out to the Web for more information. Users will also be able to refer to a previous Siri conversation, and the assistant will be able to find bits of information like a friend's address sent in a message, even if that information was not formally saved. Apple's Siri overhaul has been the central focus for this year's developer conference, after the company's initial promise of a Siri revamp in 2024 was followed by multiple delays, leaving the company lagging in the artificial-intelligence race. Microsoft and Google are the leaders. They have moved faster to embed "agentic" AI -- software that can carry out complex tasks -- into everyday computing.