And how do you know if the proofreading is accurate if you don’t proofread it yourself afterward?
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macOS 15.4 Beta 'Hides' Amount of Storage Used by Apple Intelligence
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Yes, true - I use the proofreading all the time. I’ve even assigned it to a keyboard shortcut. I generally stick with the big ChatGPT models for any rewrites, though.
Proofreading your own text is often difficult, as we are blind to some of our mistakes.
Letting AI proofread it ensures I didn't miss anything.
See this article on Purging/ not able to purge disk space
And this one on Being tricked into installing updates
Apple has some explaining to do and some bugs to fix
It is a security ramification - they are trying to isolate AI components from the rest of the system with thinly defined contracts for communication and use.
The promise of a local model is that the system can build a database exposing pretty much _all_ of the personal information into it - like spotlight on steroids. You don't have to have companies have partnership to share data or expose user accounts in order to do complex queries - I don't need to provide ChatGPT with my email, chat history and contact list, or have them work out an API deal with all the airlines to answer the question "when does mom's flight arrive"
But that database is valuable and highly sensitive, and Apple doesn't want anything other than the AI model having access to that. They also can't risk someone doing prompt injection to get their AI model to make a dump of that information, or someone hacking the system to get privileged access.
So I would anticipate components getting put into likely multiple sandboxes outside of the operating system itself - for instance, having only one sandbox able to make network calls, and having that one limited to specific code for calling the private compute cloud.
They may or may not use a recent technology ("Exclaves") for this.
I very much doubt there was a decision made to hide it, or that it is considered acceptable long-term to have gigabytes of static files and databases be unmanageable by the user. I suspect this is just a limitation of the current stage of the roll-out. But Apple Intelligence is a beta feature, and we're talking about a change in a beta release. Who knows how long until that functionality will hit.
I’d argue it’s the opposite. But the most annoying part was Apple overriding the “off switch”
It is, but it's only deleted when the space is needed, at least in previous versions.
Yesterday I texted a picture of someone doing yoga near a window, Apple Intelligence told that person that I had sent a picture of someone jumping out a window. You going to trust that with sending your correspondence? I’m def not.
The amount of storage it takes up is negligible...
...or it would be if you didn't have to pay Apple's $1000 per MB upgrade prices.
...or it would be if you didn't have to pay Apple's $1000 per MB upgrade prices.
Plus, the amount of storage will only ever increase initially as new features come online
With new iOS software updates, Apple has been automatically turning Apple Intelligence on again even for users who have disabled it, a decision that has become increasingly frustrating for those that don't want to use Apple Intelligence.
After installing iOS 18.3.2, iPhone users have noticed that Apple Intelligence is automatically turned on, regardless of whether it was turned off prior to the update being installed. There is an Apple Intelligence splash screen that comes up after updating, and there is no option other than tapping "Continue," which turns on Apple Intelligence.
If you've updated to iOS 18.3.2 and do not want Apple Intelligence enabled, you will need to go the Settings app, tap on Apple Intelligence, and then toggle it off. When Apple Intelligence is enabled, it consumes up to 7GB of storage space for local AI models, which is an inconvenience when storage space is limited.
Auto-on for Apple Intelligence was also a problem for some users with the prior iOS 18.3.1 update, and Apple has not changed the setting despite complaints after iOS 18.3.1 was released. The issue can also affect iPadOS and macOS users, so make sure to check your Apple Intelligence settings on each device after updating.
Article Link: PSA: iOS 18.3.2 Re-Enables Apple Intelligence If You Turned It Off
Pretty sure Microsoft started the subscription game with Software Advantage” or whatever they called it. Remember when Apple used to charge $129 for MacOS updates, then dropped it to $29, then made them free? Developers are the driving force behind subscription based models. Some earn it.
My 18.3.2 iPadOS did NOT turn it back on. After the previous update I did momentarily turn it on, then off again, hoping it would set a flag that user has affirmatively said they don’t want it. Maybe it worked
“Intelligence“
I’ve also had some very stupid summaries of texts and emails.
Have you not?
I don’t trust it for anything at this point.