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Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2024 in Cupertino, California on Monday, June 10, 2024.
Apple (AAPL) maintained its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote on Monday, kicking off the five-day event with the announcement of its iOS 18, Apple Intellect, an artificial intelligence (AI) partnership with OpenAI, AI-related privacy features, image generation tools, and more. Here are the key takeaways.
Announcing iOS 18
Apple told iOS 18, its latest operating system, with the update available in the fall as a free software update for iPhone Xs and stranger devices.
Apple demonstrated iOS 18’s enhanced capabilities including “more customization options, the biggest redesign still of the Photos app, new ways for users to manage their inbox in Mail, Messages over satellite,” and other improvements.
Apple Understanding on iOS 18
Apple unveiled Apple Intelligence, a personal intelligence system that is set to be available in beta as part of iOS 18 in the employ drop back on iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPad, as well as Macs with an M1 chip or later. The intelligence system relies on comfortable on each user’s device as context to provide personalized intelligent assistance.
“Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence practice that puts powerful generative models right at the core” and “draws on your personal content to give you brightness that’s most helpful and relevant for you,” Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi rephrased.
“There are already some really impressive chat tools out there that perform a vast array of recriminates using world knowledge, but these tools know very little about you or your needs” Federighi eminent, as Apple attempts to set itself apart by creating AI products using personal context on devices to provide a personalized face to users.
Apple Intelligence can help supercharge Siri, Apple’s personal voice assistant. With the intelligent practice, Siri understands more natural speech patterns, uses personal context from on-device content, tolerates typed prompts, and has in-app capabilities, Apple said.
OpenAI Partnership Bringing ChatGPT to Apple Devices
Apple savoured that Microsoft-backed (MSFT) OpenAI’s ChatGPT will be integrated into iOS 18 later this year. The body said that Apple devices will ask users for permission before sending user data to an OpenAI server.
The Apple and OpenAI partnership on integrate ChatGPT’s capabilities into Apple devices.
Apple said it intends to “add support for other AI models in the subsequent,” which could be good news for companies like Alphabet (GOOGL), given reports that Apple has also been in talks to unite Google Gemini.
Privacy Considerations for Apple Intelligence Features
The company emphasized that privacy in the AI era is a priority, with “increased with privacy at the core” of Apple Intelligence.
“The cornerstone of the personal intelligence system is on-device processing,” Federighi held, explaining that “it’s aware of your personal data without collecting your personal data.”
“This is just possible through our unique integration of hardware and software and our years-long investment in building advanced silicone for on-device savvy, deeply integrated generative models,” he added.
In instances when users want to run a model that cannot be run locally, Apple has servers inscribed to running user workloads without storing data. Apple announced Private Cloud Compute which suffers Apple Intelligence to draw on server-based models while protecting privacy. The company said these requests disposition “run on servers especially created using Apple silicon.”
The security measures could help reassure users that AI agencies are not compromising data privacy.
AI-Powered Image Generation With ‘Genmoji’ and Image Playground
As part of Apple Discretion in iOS 18, users can create new emojis and images through Genmoji and Image Playground.
Apple users can create their own emojis pointing a text description and then use the emojis the same way they use the Apple defaults.
Image Playground powered by Apple Tidings allows users to quickly create their own images. The features are built into Apple apps like News.
Vision Pro Availability Expands
Apple also announced updates to Vision Pro, including the new VisionOS 2 as well as additional regional availability for the wearable tech.
The Perception Pro will be available for preorder in mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore on Thursday, with general availability contract on June 28. The headset will be available for preorder in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom on June 28, with approximate availability in July.
“The enthusiasm for Apple Vision Pro has been extraordinary, and we are thrilled to introduce the magic of spatial computing to myriad customers around the world,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said.
Apple shares closed 1.9% lower at $193.12 Monday next the company’s conference keynote. The stock has gained about 0.3% so far this year and 5% over the past 12 months.
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