On Monday, Apple offered a first look at the Apple Intelligenceit is highly anticipated it designed for devices like iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Apple Registered Developers $99 per year membership now have access to iOS 18.1 beta and may preview some of the AI features promised by Apple in June.
According to CNBC, Monday's preview includes features like AI-generated summaries for Mail, Messages, and Voicemail, and AI text generation through Apple's Writing Tools service. Siri also has a new look and can understand commands better, even when a speaker stutters.
Bigger features, like Siri that can work within apps and integrate directly with them OpenAI's ChatGPTare not available in the preview.
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Alon Yamin, co-founder and CEO of the AI discovery platform Copyleakssays Apple's slow-but-steady approach to the AI race “is a testament to its commitment to user experience.”
“Over the past year, we've seen Apple take its time with regards to generative AI, while other larger competitors rush to market, often resulting in course corrections,” Yamin said. entrepreneur in an email. “While it may frustrate some users, this delay ultimately sets the stage for a more refined and reliable AI experience.”
Apple Intelligence. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Although Apple's early developer preview of Apple Intelligence came out on Monday, Sunday Bloomberg report stated that the iPhone maker will widely roll out AI later than expected this year.
Instead of arriving with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 in September, the AI updates will roll out a few weeks later, by October, according to Bloomberg. Apple has not commented on the report by press time.
Bloomberg previously reported that two important Siri AI improvementsSiri understanding context and working within other iPhone and iPad apps will be released next year.
Apple Intelligence currently only works with the latest iPhone models, the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, which can drive millions of iPhone users on old phones to upgrade.