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According to Jinse Finance, all three major U.S. stock indexes closed higher, with the Dow Jones up 0.63%, the Nasdaq up 0.47%, and the S&P 500 up 0.52%. The latter two both set new all-time closing highs. As the U.S. stock market wrapped up the first half of the year, the Nasdaq gained 5.48% over the past six months, the Dow Jones rose 3.64%, and the S&P 500 climbed 5.5%. Technology stocks rallied across the board today, with Microsoft, Meta, and Netflix all posting modest gains and reaching new intraday record highs, while Apple closed up 2%. One exchange surged 13% at the close, marking its best single-day performance since April 9.

According to a report by Jinse Finance, Apple (AAPL.O) is considering using external artificial intelligence to revamp Siri, marking a significant shift in strategy. Apple is exploring the possibility of integrating technology from Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that Apple has held discussions with both companies about using their large language models for Siri. Apple has requested that these companies train versions of their models to run test operations on Apple’s cloud infrastructure. Currently, most of Apple’s AI features are developed in-house, under what the company calls the “Apple Foundation Models,” and a new version of its voice assistant based on this technology is planned for release in 2026. However, Apple has not yet made a final decision and is still considering its own model. An internal competing project, referred to as LLM Siri, which uses Apple’s proprietary models, is also under active development.