Joanna Stern, formerly of The Wall Street Journal , spent a week testing iOS 27’s new Siri in a variety of ways. Her new video offers a great overview of the strengths and shortcomings of Siri AI in the current beta. Here’s how the first week with Siri AI went for Joanna Stern If you’re interested to know how the new Siri AI in iOS 27 performs, Joanna Stern has posted a new video that offers a great hands-on look. The “Is Siri finally good?” title is answered strongly in the affirmative by Stern in her post on X : A couple impressive examples from her video involve Siri’s new ‘Personal context’ features. On a trip to the beach, Stern asks Siri: ”I’d like to get some souvenirs for the kids. Based on what you know about them, what should I get them here?” Siri’s highly personalized and informed response prompted this follow-up: ”Siri that’s pretty dead-on. How did you know that information about my kids?” The answer: it was based on information in the Messages app.…