Apple’s artificial intelligence platform, Apple Intelligence, is under the spotlight after new cybersecurity research suggested it may collect and send more user data to company servers than its privacy promises appear to indicate.
The findings were presented this week at the 2025 Black Hat USA conference by Israeli cybersecurity firm Lumia Security. The research examined how Apple’s long-standing voice assistant Siri, now integrated into Apple Intelligence, processes commands, messages, and app interactions.
Sensitive Information Sent Without Clear Need
According to lead researcher Yoav Magid, Siri sometimes transmits data that seems unrelated to the user’s request. For example, when someone asks Siri a basic question such as the day’s weather, the system not only fetches weather information but also scans the device for all weather-related applications and sends that list to Apple’s servers.
The study found that Siri includes location information with every request, even when location is not required for the answer. In addition, metadata about audio content, such as the name of a song, podcast, or video currently playing, can also be sent to Apple without the user having clear visibility into these transfers.
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