Itll be interesting to see how Apple interacts with such a nascent technology.
Lets break it down.
A much more natural AI assistant than on Android.
to get Siri to tell you a forecast for your trip.
Contextual awareness isnt limited to what you have pulled up in the moment, either.
Say you save this article to your reading list right now.
Or, more personally, say youre texting a friend about a podcast.
The implications here are big, both for usefulness andprivacy.
(We’ll still be here for all your tech advice needs.)
One of Siris more traditional, prompt-based features is the ability to create custom, AI-powered video montages.
Siri will then contextually generate a fitting montage, with music pulled from Apple Music.
Theres also typical AI chatbot features, like the ability to ask questions.
Then, the assistant will ask your question for you, no account required.
Even betterNotes will also be able to transcribe phone calls live.
For now, Apple says the Phone app will warn you when a recording is about to start.
Here, the company is making it easier to manage your notifications and mail.
The standout features here are Priority Messages and Priority Notifications.
Priority Notifications takes a similar approach, but with lock-screen notifications from texts and apps.
In Mail, youll actually be able to get summaries across your whole inbox.
Apple pitches this as a great way to stay up-to-date with time sensitive information like boarding passes.
Youll also be able to get summaries across an entire conversation, not just for the first email.
But these innovations arent without risk.
Enter Rewrite, Image Playground, and Genmoji.
Rewrite is the most familiar of these.
Not into having AI change your text?
You’ll also be able to generate text from scratch, although Apple will lean on ChatGPT for this.
Image Playground and Genmoji are where things get more novel.
Again, Apples putting a lot of faith in its AI here.
That said, it seems like there might be guardrails on the experience.
Its possible Apple wont let users generate controversial images, an issueBingandMetahave previously contended with.
But lets say you dont want a full image with lots of detail anyway.
Apples also introducing Genmoji, which are similar toMetas AI stickers.
Again, we dont know the limits of what Apple will allow here.
Another had the AI simply generate a brand new image in Notes based on surrounding text.
Recently, moves fromMetaandAdobehave raised concerns about AIs access to its users data.
Apple wants to put any such worries about its own AI to bed right away.
According to Apple, any data accessed by its AI is never stored and used only for requests.
Further, Apple is making its servers code accessible to independent experts for review.
When can I try Apple Intelligence?
Similarly, Siri and machine language must be set to U.S. English to begin.
