This is how I can see it working. It might be changing the HTML/ CSS code locally. The webpage gets downloaded to the device, and the HTML/CSS code modified and cached.
This can be used to block web ads intelligently, I think.
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This is how I can see it working. It might be changing the HTML/ CSS code locally. The webpage gets downloaded to the device, and the HTML/CSS code modified and cached.
This can be used to block web ads intelligently, I think.
Not sure if you are aware of Arc. But the feature they are describing reminds me of something from it… I believe it’s called “Zap.”
AI has only just begun and I’m already tired of it.
It sounds like what desktop ad blockers have already allowed for a long time: You select elements on a page that you want removed, and this will be remembered across page visits. The purpose is to remove annoying ads, overlays, and popups.
AI is following the same path as Crypto and 5G cell phone connections. They are really hyped up, and then a crash happens when it doesn't live up to the hype.
Gartner hype cycle - Wikipedia
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It's not a fad and it's not going anywhere. Everyone everywhere is behind AI right now, unlike 5G and Crypto. I believe we're stuck with this one.AI is following the same path as Crypto and 5G cell phone connections. They are really hyped up, and then a crash happens when it doesn't live up to the hype.
Gartner hype cycle - Wikipedia
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Extentions that does this job already exist. They're quite handy, mostly if you visit regularly specific websites and don't want distractions (and you decide what "distraction" actually is)
You mean, take the screenshot of the entire page, regardless the app you're using? I think that's already possible, man 😂. I sure did take a few some years back.
Every single iOS 18 software feature should be compatible with at least iPhone 14 and newer.
(I can see some camera related stuff not working but for the most part, everything else should)
(I can see some camera related stuff not working but for the most part, everything else should)
Apple cannot even get spell check and correction right. I can see it now. Question, "What's good for dinner?" Answer, "The diner is located at the corner of 5th and Main."
It's a nascent technology, there's going to be bumps in the road. Presumably, Apple would only implement it where it is extremely confident it will work reliably.
I use to love safari, but nowadays I am using firefox… safari is a h**l for web development. (Caches off, do not cache anything is still no option…. ) i mean caches back in the day using a dial in 28k8 or 33k3 modem i get, but with fiber… let the browser check what your speed is and than choose to cache or not…. With firefox you just turn it off…
Every time AI gets mentioned in relation to an Apple release, the stock ticks up. Wall Street is completely out of their minds about AI.
I'm still waiting to hear how it actually makes anything better-- I hope this isn't just a bandwagon exercise like when they decided it would be good to make Facebook integration an integrated feature of OS X.
I'm still waiting to hear how it actually makes anything better-- I hope this isn't just a bandwagon exercise like when they decided it would be good to make Facebook integration an integrated feature of OS X.
No, it's only possible in a couple of Apple first-party apps like Safari, and even then the functionality is terrible, you can't choose how much you scroll, it must be the current screen, or the entire page.
Well that's a clever response.
My guess is that the Safari team is INTIMATELY involved with the details of how alarms are set on iOS...
People are, in fact, sheep. (Or if you want to be fancy, they are Girardian mimics.)
If you're older than 30, you should by now have seen multiple waves of people simply repeating what they hear others repeat. If you haven't noticed that yet by age 30, well, refer to my first sentence...
Maybe an FU to the EU by allowing you to block those idiotic and pointless "cookie warning" dick bars?
Apple could do even better. For example Apple Translate is useful, including being useful for web pages.
But I'd like a translated web page to also translate the IMAGES on the page.
Hell, let's go all in and also allow for translating the audio and the text within audio and video streams...
Likewise, generate on-the-fly closed captioning for streams that don't have it? Or on-page text transcripts of audio and video? Or translate PDFs and other documents that I want to download?
Why not? Isn't the point of AI to basically smooth ALL this sort of friction?
This is what AI is capable of that people are not seeing. Big Tech has only shown us the chatbot because that's what is (for better or worse) what is ready to ship.
I already use AI daily to organize data for work. ChatGPT saves me hours every month already, and that's just within the confines of a chat interface. I can't wait to see how Apple brings AI to their entire operating system.