Please Apple don't announce it for iOS 18 if its going to be released a month or two before iOS 19 that's so annoying
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New Version of Siri With Generative AI Again Rumored for WWDC
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AI on iPhones will most certainly "require" a new co-processor chip, named something like "Intelligence Engine", and thus force you get an iPhone 16 or newer (or 17, or any other model beyond 15, if that's the one that gets it).
It's going to be "on-device", so that they don't rely on a server. And, more importantly, on-device so it can roll out several many generations of it over the coming years, having the AI improve on subsequent iPhone models.
It'll be a lot like "resetting" all the progress Apple has made to the iPhone CPU over the years, with big leaps between each iteration of the "Intelligence Engine" co-processor chip.
We kill them by refusing to sign up for them. The problem is that there are too many people who will.
Apple will make it extremely limited because it's all going to be "on-device".
But more importantly, it's going to very limited so that Apple can gradually test it and upgrade it over several many generations of up-coming iPhones, forcing consumers to upgrade to get the latest "Intelligence Engine" co-processor chip that we'll see from iPhones 16 or 17 and beyond.
The main iPhone CPU is stagnating in upgrades. So shifting focus to AI and this new co-processor is a great way to revitalize sales and convince even those with iPhones 13, 14 or 15 to upgrade despite very minimal upgrades to the main iPhone CPU.
As opposed to rushing out an API with bugs and security holes? No thanks. Generative AI is just too important and data is too sensitive to risk. Apple's steady iterations have made them the multi-trillion dollar company they are today and trusted worldwide.
in the early 1980's, the Musicians Union here in the UK, tried to ban synthesisers and drum machines, as they were starting to sound too much like real musicians playing real instruments. It sounds ridiculous now, and look how that turned out for them. A lot of the concerns about AI now are very similar to concerns that people had about technology 40 years ago.
Depends on the function? Do I want to own an appliance in perpetuity? Probably. But not technology. Hardware and software changes too quickly. As soon as you buy most cutting edge hardware, it's almost obsolete or at least too obsolete to run the any near future software. I prefer subscriptions for most content and sometimes even hardware too. But I also earn a living using technology so I am heavily incentivized to upgrade with more frequency.
At least that is by Apple though. 😂
Unlike those Chat GPT quoting non-existent legal cases. Oh wait...
This is what I was thinking too. They will save money by not having to run LLMs on GPU powered clouds. And they will market it as a privacy focused SLM (small language model) that runs on your own device.
If Siri 2.0 gets announced at WWDC, I don’t think that they’ll showcase a technology that relies on hardware not yet announced. Basically, I don’t think that they’ll show off new 16 lineup-exclusive features when the 16 won’t yet be introduced. If anything, they’ll have to introduce the iPhone 16s at WWDC or, more likely than that, introduce the A18 chip family.
Edit for clearness: I doubt they’ll unveil Siri 2.0 with it being exclusive to the iPhone 16 at WWDC, considering the phones haven’t been introduced yet at that point. It seems unlikely to showcase features for a product that’s not officially launched, almost like revealing a preview of the iPhone 16 five months in advance.
Edit for clearness: I doubt they’ll unveil Siri 2.0 with it being exclusive to the iPhone 16 at WWDC, considering the phones haven’t been introduced yet at that point. It seems unlikely to showcase features for a product that’s not officially launched, almost like revealing a preview of the iPhone 16 five months in advance.
It’s the kind of AI you don’t have to worry about taking over the world anytime soon ☺️
With our newest A series bionic chip with breakthrough machine learning and LLM, Siri can now generate 3 trillion ways to say "Here is what I found on the web" in 1/10000 of a second, all done on-device.
And that's Siri. Back to you Tim.
And that's Siri. Back to you Tim.
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I doubt this would happen. What could the iPhone 16 Pro have that the iPhone 15 doesn't which lets it run an LLM locally? I think this LLM stuff is going to happen on Apple's servers and you'll get basic Siri that can barely text someone when you're offline. There's no way an iPhone can run an LLM and not run super hot and drain the battery.
True, but I’m personally hoping for something broader. I think Siri is good most of the time with specific inquiries; but fails often on follow-up/contextual inquiries. I’m hoping that llm capability will improve Siri contextual inference and finally allow users to have non-trivial conversations about a particular topic.
Unfortunately I don’t think this will stop Siri from playing hip hop music 50% of the time when I ask it to “play podcast NBC Meet The Press.” 😏
And the sad part is, unless something has changed in a recent update, your expensive iPhone (and mine) can only have one timer running. Whereas my $30 Alexa in the kitchen can have multiple.
Probably NOT limited to iPhone 16
Lets assume this rumor is correct and they are going to announce at WWDC. That means a Beta in July-September where this will be tested. Best phone Apple will have by that point is iPhone 15. They're not going to finish testing the iOS 18 Beta on iPhone 15s, release the iPhone 16, then retroactively disable it from iPhone 15.
I have two timers running on my iPhone 14 right now, and it's been possible since iOS 17 came out.
I am hoping that any phone or device with the neural engine will be able to run the Siri updates. But your logic makes perfect sense.
I wonder how the lack of a web browser will impact a more capable version of Siri for tvOS? The device could stand increased fact finding related to content.