Apple Inc.’s top executive overseeing its Siri virtual assistant told staff that delays to key features have been ugly and embarrassing, and a decision to publicly promote the technology before it was ready made matters worse.

Apple's senior director Robby Walker admitted to staff that delays to key AI features for Siri have been 'ugly' and 'embarrassing.' The enhancements for Siri, promoted before they were ready, are now indefinitely postponed.