Apple is in talks to pay publishers to enhance its artificial intelligence assistant, Siri.

BlockBeats News, August 13th, according to The Wall Street Journal, Apple (AAPL.O) is in talks with publishers for a new partnership agreement to use their content to provide the latest news and information, aiming to enhance the performance of its artificial intelligence voice assistant Siri.

Sources revealed that Apple has been in discussions with publishers for the past few months, and the proposed multi-year agreement would give Apple the rights to the relevant content to improve Siri's performance, with the feature expected to launch later this year.

Some sources indicated that Apple has put forward a floating payment scheme, where they would pay partner publishers based on the usage of the content. They also disclosed that Apple has discussed a budget that could potentially reach several hundred million dollars.