I'm pretty sure that at WWDC they'll announce iOS 18 features that are "coming later this year" and then limited to iPhone 16 (Pro). Probably the coolest features.
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iPhone 16 Rumored to Feature 'Significantly' Upgraded Neural Engine for iOS 18's Generative AI Features
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I'm pretty sure that at WWDC they'll announce iOS 18 features that are "coming later this year" and then limited to iPhone 16 (Pro). Probably the coolest features.
So will the A18 count as neurodiverse, or will it be the new neurotypical?
Depends how they use the data on your phone and the ecosystem. There is a lot of personal data GPT cannot process. I hope Apple’s version will be more like a personal assistant.
For example, ask Siri to write docs in your tone. Ask siri to find a set of photos by description. Ask siri how you knew someone and what interaction you had. Ask siri to control your smart home by actual natural language. There’s a lot GPT cannot do
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It's 2024 and they finally figured out a real use case for a "neural engine," just in time to limit the primary benefits to the next set of devices!
What am I even getting with my current 16 “neural cores”?
Is that what is screwing up every photo with over processing?
Is that what is screwing up every photo with over processing?
I always loved wasting die area on features I don’t want and didn’t ask for…
An actually smart Siri would basically double the utility I get out of my Apple stuff. Right now my use of Siri is limited to a few commands (which it still manages to bungle). Having as many hooks as it does into my iPhone, Macs, Apple TV, HomePods... it could be incredibly useful if it was actually capable.
This might surprise you to hear, but I think Apple has other customers than just you in mind when designing these things.
And you are not the only one. I have an M2 iPad Pro with a 16 core neutral engine. If the iPhone gets boosted Neural Engine, and only that will support new Siri There will be a protest, even worse than the one that happened when stage manager came out and was initially limited to M series devices.
Don’t forget that Apple called the A17 Pro neural engine 2x as fast, irrespective of core count.
I suspect iPhone 15 Pro will get the Ai features shown off at WWDC, and that iPhone 16 Pro will get another level of Ai features to differentiate it. Apple has been playing up the hype of their AI offerings this year and they’ll want to flex at WWDC, and may offer some APIs they want to see leveraged in apps
Everyone buying tech needs to learn this simple lesson:
NEVER buy for future features or rumored (or even promised) updates
These companies nearly always just want to sell you another device for new features
Apple can’t possibly get enough of an increase in geek bench scores between 15 Pro and 16 Pro.
So limiting all the significant AI stuff to iPhones 16 and beyond is how they’ll get you to upgrade.
You can get pissed now, I guarantee you that you won’t get any of the meaningful AI upgrades without the latest iPhones. You most likely won’t get any at all.
Apple is already taking a hit on revenue as a consequence of all the new AppStore regulations for EU iPhones.
Ain’t no way they’re handing out fully functional Siri as a free update for everyone on iPhones 15 and older. No way.
At least we can all rest assured that even AI Siri will be too dumb to become skynet.
You could metaphorically count on one hand that amount of people who upgrade an iPhone based on a Geekbench score. I've been using iPhones since 2008, and I don't think I've ever read a Geekbench score. No clue where they stand, and don't care in the slightest.
That didn't do it, and neither will a newer chatty Siri. Camera's, new designs, expiring contracts and aging batteries get people to upgrade.
Large language models have turned out to be a huge snooze for me. They produce the blandest possible content, with hallucinations and factual errors in almost every output. I’m sure the tech will get better, but for now I find myself rolling my eyes at anything AI-produced. It’s the 2024 equivalent of junk mail.
And to think…I know people using it to crank out blogposts
Just mass producing total garbage
All I want is the Best Take feature from Google to be included in the next iOS version.
BTW Google is also artificially limiting the regular Pixel 8 even though it has the same SoC as the 8 Pro, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple does the same with the regular iPhone 16 and all prior models to increase sales of the 16 Pro.
BTW Google is also artificially limiting the regular Pixel 8 even though it has the same SoC as the 8 Pro, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple does the same with the regular iPhone 16 and all prior models to increase sales of the 16 Pro.
Do people outside these enthusiast forums actually care about the Neural Engine or generative AI? Honest question. I feel like there are more important things they could be working on...
I don’t even know what the neural engine is supposed to do