macOS Sequoia 15.3 and iOS 18.3 Enable Apple Intelligence Automatically

[MacRumors]

When installing macOS Sequoia 15.3, iOS 18.3, or iPadOS 18.3, Apple Intelligence will be turned on automatically on compatible devices, Apple says in the developer release notes for the updates.

For users new or upgrading to iOS 18.3, Apple Intelligence will be enabled automatically during iPhone onboarding. Users will have access to Apple Intelligence features after setting up their devices. To disable Apple Intelligence, users will need to navigate to the Apple Intelligence & Siri Settings pane and turn off the Apple Intelligence toggle. This will disable Apple Intelligence features on their device

With macOS Sequoia 15.1, macOS Sequoia 15.2, iOS 18.1, and iOS 18.2, Apple Intelligence was opt-in rather than opt-out, and users who wanted the feature needed to turn it on in the Settings app. Going forward, it will be enabled by default, and Mac, iPhone, and iPad users who do not want to use the feature will need to turn it off.

macOS Sequoia 15.3 also brings Genmoji to the Mac for the first time, so Mac users will be able to create custom emoji characters after installing the update. All three new software updates add tweaks to the Notification summaries feature to make it more clear when a notification contains AI-generated information.

Apple provided developers and public beta testers with the release candidate versions of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3 today, which means the software updates will see a release in the near future. We are expecting the updates to launch to the public next week.

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[mystery hill]

Apple is becoming the new Microsoft.

This should be opt-in.

 

[klasma]

Apple Intelligence will be turned on

I wasn’t expecting sexual arousal to be implemented in AI so soon.

 

[GMShadow]

Apple is becoming the new Microsoft.

No, Microsoft wouldn't offer a toggle, you'd need to go into the Registry and remove some keys and have to do that periodically after updates.

 

[jz0309]

that is not good, but I am 99% sure it already happened when I installed 15.2, I disabled it pretty much right when it came on again and it stopped downloading some stuff.
Well, appreciate the heads-up, I will just have to pay attention when updating

 

[Andres Cantu]

I have to imagine that at some point, it won't even be optional. Data = $

 

[AusMness]

Good on them for finally making it opt-out, that’s how it should have been initially ✅

 

[zorinlynx]

iOS 18.3 did this too. This is upsetting; I was previously very happy with Apple for making this opt-in. Seems they're going back on that.

Some of us DO NOT want this. Please respect our wishes.

 

[arkitect]

Frankly I am not fussed if it is turned on or off by default (as long as there is a switch!)…

But I wonder why they decided to go with automatically turned on this time.

 

[spazzcat]

iOS 18.3 did this too. This is upsetting; I was previously very happy with Apple for making this opt-in. Seems they're going back on that.

Some of us DO NOT want this. Please respect our wishes.

You can go in and turn it off, your wishes are respected.

 

[toto75]

Who cares, it’s useless anyway.

 

[MallardDuck]

Thanks, I'll remember to turn it back off after upgrading. I wish they had more granular permissions - I don't want it on in messages or mail, but don't mind it in Siri.

 

[MacBH928]

They should call it "Spynet"

 

[Andy_2341]

I wasn’t expecting sexual arousal to be implemented in AI so soon.

It’s unfortunately went much further already. I’ve been bombarded with such ads on YouTube recently.

 

[cjsuk]

I know this is probably considered a trite comment and content free, but quite frankly **** off Apple!

Edit: actually I hope this costs them a crap load of money and staff costs and no one uses it.

 

[Chuckeee]

Who cares, it’s useless anyway.

Possibly Useless to users, but potentially a mother load of data to LLM originators.

 

[Nermal]

But I wonder why they decided to go with automatically turned on this time.

"We spent so much money on this, and people aren't using it!"

 

[WarmWinterHat]

I have to imagine that at some point, it won't even be optional. Data = $

That would be time to leave the Apple ecosystem.

 

[cjsuk]

"We spent so much money on this, and people aren't using it!"

That's likely to be the end game of this. Uptake by end users is incredibly low after the initial "wooh" period and entirely disappears when you start asking money for it.

They might retain some success such as slightly better Siri and classification of images / data, but the generative stuff is probably a dead end the moment someone borks something with it. A friend did exactly that the other day getting ChatGPT to write an email and not checking it properly.

 

[TriBruin]

You can go in and turn it off, your wishes are respected.

So how do you do this in an Enterprise environment with tens of thousands of computers where the use of AI is heavily regulated? Go to each computer and manually turn it off? (And, NO, Apple does not provide a single option to turn of AI on managed computer.)

 

[citysnaps]

Don’t like it? Turn it off. Easy.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

So how do you do this in an Enterprise environment with tens of thousands of computers where the use of AI is heavily regulated? Go to each computer and manually turn it off? (And, NO, Apple does not provide a single option to turn of AI on managed computer.)

Hmm, curious too. We are strictly banned from using AI at work..the domains are even network-wide blocked.

Only company-offered phone right now is the SE, so it won't matter for a bit.

 

[bLackjackj]

Of course Apple will force it down our throats,..what other way could Tim then announce in March that AI is being used on x many devices! I don't know one person that uses Apples implementation.

Apple has become the company that it used to despise. Steve would be rolling around in his grave with the way Tim and the current "executive" run Apple. Apple cares only about its money hungry stakeholders (excluding customers) at this rate.

Failure after failure with wasted money on a car, headset that was lauded as for all and suddenly neiche when it didn't sell,..late to the AI party and now playing catchup & an overpaid CEO.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

I have to imagine that at some point, it won't even be optional. Data = $

I just hope it becomes completely separate toggles, the master switch makes absolutely no sense.
How are “ image playground”, “writing tools” and the new Siri glow related?
The answer is that they aren’t, other than the underlying technology being powered by a large language model, which isn’t even new to iOS since autoCorrect was previously an LLM.

 

[Agent_Apple]

My 2019 Intel Mac Pro running Ventura says "meh".