I'm glad my iPhone 13 isn't getting any of that useless AI stuff. So tired of the Microsoft Co-Pilot and Google's Gemini AI nonsense.
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iOS 18.1 Widely Available This Week With First Apple Intelligence Features and More
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Same
Between my 13 Mini, iPad Mini 5 and Intel Macs .. it's honestly refreshing to be getting automatically excluded from Apple AI
Most releases tend to have a phased rollout so not everyone is affected if there are problems with it.
Thinking that 18.1 / Apple Intelligence is the story of the day, with HW announcements to follow later in the week 😭
Its a feature: 18.1 puts little white mice and leprechauns behind the screen. They randomly tickle transistors and giggle to themselves and paint colours n stuff. This is progress. 18,2 will be even better still: then, when I ask Siri, it'll no longer tell me I need to unlock my iPhone first.
It is - that's where my posts from Steve Troughton-Smith come from (he's in UK I think)
I have survived 60 years on this planet, many of those years were in the US military, and some of those years were as a law-enforcement officer. I have never used artificial intelligence before and somehow I magically survived. I know a lot of people are excited about AI, but mankind survived without it for so long.. I am absolutely convinced that we don’t need it now. I hope Apple has included an option to turn all of the Apple Intelligence crap off completely.
Some of us will remain on iOS 17, as bad as it is, I’ll wait until maybe January or I get a new iOS device. 
Of course a few days later there will be a iOS 17.7.1 update
Of course a few days later there will be a iOS 17.7.1 update
Agree with you 100%
If for no other reason than the performance hit on devices like M1's
I really hope it's fully (and truly) optional
I am not updating to 18.1 until others confirm that AI can be turned off completeLy. Beta versions don’t count.
And that is the same exact reason I am putting off buying a MacBook Air.
where did you see this?
More English-speaking regions are enabled for the 18.2 public beta, but the 18.1 RC is in the USA only.
There might be a change with 18.1 comes out later but it's a slim hope!
I think Siri is nothing to be proud about, but this request is just weird.
Siri seems to be ... the same old house with a new coat of paint, which is disappointing
Everyone should care. It's called not falling for marketing hype.
He had other examples of really bad Siri responses
In any case, weird or not, a computer assistant should know what a minute is and what a third of that is
It's weird? Are the words 'third' and 'three' confusing for you?
It’s not really free if you upgraded your iPhone to get it. Do you see the difference to regular updates?
They could have set their devices to USA English to get Apple AI.
Who formulates a request like this? Set a timer for 20 seconds and it will set a timer for 20 seconds.