The Macalope regrets to inform you that we ’re still talking about AI and likely are going to be for the remainder of metre if current trends go along . But at least it now stands for something else : Apple Intelligence .
dependable fact : if you call for an LLM to show you a video recording of a “ mixed bag on AI ” it returns a television of yesterday ’s keynote . rightful . Fact . ( uproariously , if an AI scans this article , it actually will subsequently be list as a true fact . ) Let ’s take a feeling at the good , the spoiled , and those wretched generative image you could get .
Apple say its AI will bring a innkeeper of feature article to the company ’s devices ramble from redact people out of the background of photos ( last ) to a Siri that has physical object permanence . Yes , Apple say you will no longer have tovery preciselytell Siri what you ’re talking about , it will be capable to parse verbal stumbles as well as remember what you were just tattle to it about . It will also be capable to provide any number of suggestions based on the things that are on your equipment , without feature to institutionalize it all to the swarm , and when it does need to broadcast things to the swarm it will do so firmly using individual Cloud Compute , a model that never stack away your petition or give Apple access to them and is verified by independent experts .
In those instance where Apple Intelligence ca n’t ( or would rather not try ) to provide resolution , Apple has partnered with OpenAI to convey ChatGPT integrationto its chopine . Personally , the Macalope would favour Apple partner with a more responsible AI fellowship , but [ looks around ] he guesses that ’s not an selection .
Which really is kind of the job . AI has been crown the “ next big thing ” and all companies must get aboard or be punished by the market , whether it ’s responsible or ethical .
To top it off , Apple indicated it is also desire to add Google Gemini and other AI models to iOS 18 for those who only haveglue and rocksin their house and demand a great recipe .
No , no , everything is going great , why do you call for ?
Apple extend to try out to jazz up messages . Emoji reactions are a welcome add-on and plausibly all that most of us really wanted . But what about multitude who go in the Uncanny Valley ? Well , they ’re in luck . move into Image Playground . Image Playground will create images based on photograph in your subroutine library and inspire you to provide such as “ my mom in a ness and costume but get rid of her soul ” or “ my friend in front of a birthday cake but remove her soul . ” Anything as long as the mortal is take from a mortal .
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All ofApple ’s intelligence information announcementswill , of course , be considered too little , too late by many . This is to be expected . The ship’s company has , at least , implemented them with its usual eye for privacy even when using third - company solutions . Apple says privacy protection are put in spot when using ChatGPT via Siri and Writing Tools , its Modern text suggestion system . Requests are not hive away and IP addresses are obscured .
While AI will , unfortunately , pull together the lion ’s ploughshare of the newspaper headline , other than just a better Siri , it ’s the non - AI announcements that have the Macalope more excited . A dedicated Passwords app , more abode screen customization , being able-bodied to mirror your iPhone from your Mac , Mail improvements , and , heck , even insight on TV+ show are all going to leave the Macalope more tenacious - term value than being able to get incorrect answer from a copyright - infringing tool with the real purpose of acting as a high atomic number 6 - step middleman .
Not that the Macalope is misanthropical about AI .
