Reminds me of this "commercial", "do you want to spend 2 weeks of writing short emails of 2 weeks skining?"
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Sounds exactly like what Gmail has had (“important and unread”) for at least the past 10 years or so. Gmail also picks up random unimportant things occasionally but it’s it’s quick to learn when you tell it something is “not important”.
Correct. Apple uses LLM to complete most of the tasks shown in the video.
Just the improvements to Siri alone makes me 100% disagree with you. I use AI every single day at work and it's increased my productivity nearly 5 fold already, specifically with ChatGPT.
I want to use its AI image generation ability to create old Macs of the past, Apple better have trained it on every device it has ever made. I won't consider it as intelligent as it should be until then. I could care less if it knows how to draw 100 different puppy species, if it cannot get its own products right its just a generic AI slapped on to their devices.
image, text and handwriting recognition are some of the most useful AI features. I take photos of receipts (for business) and it is so freakin nice to be able to type a specific item and have it find the receipt with that item on it.
I’m willing to bet you use AI all the time, but just aren’t aware of it.
This is true for most. Doesn’t help that it has been called Machine Learning, which is the correct terminology in my opinion, but we are way beyond that now.
AI doesn’t make people dumber, people make themselves dumber and use AI (and technology) as a scapegoat for being lazy.
Apple released iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 betas for developers yesterday, introducing an early version of Apple Intelligence. Not all of the Apple Intelligence features are implemented yet, but we thought we'd go through what's available and see just what kind of changes AI will bring to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
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With Apple Intelligence, you can use Writing Tools to proofread text for spelling and grammar errors, or rewrite what you've written to change the tone. There are also options for summarizing any text, and Writing Tools are available across the operating system. You can use them anywhere you can write text.
Siri has a new design with a glow around the edges of the display when active, and there is a Type to Siri option so you don't need to talk to Siri. Siri is able to maintain context between requests and follow along if you stumble over words, plus Siri can answer all kinds of questions about your devices thanks to the integration of Apple's product knowledge and support database.
Phone calls can be recorded, transcribed, and summarized, there are Smart Replies for Mail and Messages, Photos has a Memory Maker feature, and there's a Reduce Interruptions Focus Mode that intelligently filters out notifications you don't need to see right away.
If you want a more in-depth rundown of all of the features that are available, we have a dedicated guide that highlights what's in the beta now. There are several Apple Intelligence features coming later, including Image Playground, Genmoji, ChatGPT integration, and the smarter version of Siri that has onscreen awareness and can do more in and across apps. You won't find these features in the current iOS 18.1 beta, but Apple plans to roll them out across 2024 and 2025.
Apple Intelligence is limited to developers at the current time, with Apple working to refine the Apple Intelligence features and eliminate bugs. A beta version of Apple Intelligence will be available for all users later this fall, after iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia launch. You will need an iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max or later or an Apple silicon Mac or iPad to use Apple Intelligence due to the processor requirements.
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I realize it is early in the beta, but I haven't been impressed. I currently use other tools that do these things and often much better. And they don't require a new device; they work well with my older devices. Writing tools especially seem to need some attention. I wish they were active globally, anywhere I typed, and suggestions would appear without using a separate menu to find and act on them. I see that the suggestions vary little from the original. Summarizing would be nice if it were automatic and worked well, but in my testing, they miss a lot from the text. My biggest hope is for Siri's improvements. Right now, I am so frustrated trying to use it. I have many Apple devices and am locked into the ecosystem, so I have high hopes for Siri in the future.
Apple released iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 betas for developers yesterday, introducing an early version of Apple Intelligence. Not all of the Apple Intelligence features are implemented yet, but we thought we'd go through what's available and see just what kind of changes AI will bring to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos.
With Apple Intelligence, you can use Writing Tools to proofread text for spelling and grammar errors, or rewrite what you've written to change the tone. There are also options for summarizing any text, and Writing Tools are available across the operating system. You can use them anywhere you can write text.
Siri has a new design with a glow around the edges of the display when active, and there is a Type to Siri option so you don't need to talk to Siri. Siri is able to maintain context between requests and follow along if you stumble over words, plus Siri can answer all kinds of questions about your devices thanks to the integration of Apple's product knowledge and support database.
Phone calls can be recorded, transcribed, and summarized, there are Smart Replies for Mail and Messages, Photos has a Memory Maker feature, and there's a Reduce Interruptions Focus Mode that intelligently filters out notifications you don't need to see right away.
If you want a more in-depth rundown of all of the features that are available, we have a dedicated guide that highlights what's in the beta now. There are several Apple Intelligence features coming later, including Image Playground, Genmoji, ChatGPT integration, and the smarter version of Siri that has onscreen awareness and can do more in and across apps. You won't find these features in the current iOS 18.1 beta, but Apple plans to roll them out across 2024 and 2025.
Apple Intelligence is limited to developers at the current time, with Apple working to refine the Apple Intelligence features and eliminate bugs. A beta version of Apple Intelligence will be available for all users later this fall, after iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia launch. You will need an iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max or later or an Apple silicon Mac or iPad to use Apple Intelligence due to the processor requirements.
Article Link: See Apple Intelligence in Action
AI levels the playing field somewhat between those who have good language and writing skills, design skills, etc and those who do not.
Previously, someone who struggled to write effectively due to poor language skills, poor grammar, etc may have been overlooked for jobs that required a lot of written communication. But now they can get by because AI can increasingly do much of the job for them.
On the other hand, does this mean that wititing skills, graphic design skills, etc are now less valuable (and less valued?) than they used to be?
Previously, someone who struggled to write effectively due to poor language skills, poor grammar, etc may have been overlooked for jobs that required a lot of written communication. But now they can get by because AI can increasingly do much of the job for them.
On the other hand, does this mean that wititing skills, graphic design skills, etc are now less valuable (and less valued?) than they used to be?
Apple Intelligence is going to save me so much time!
“Hey Siri, please read and summarise these 16 pages of article comments on macrumors.com, then write a series of inflammatory and triggered responses to any comments that I’d disagree with. Use an arrogant and entitled tone.”
“Hey Siri, please read and summarise these 16 pages of article comments on macrumors.com, then write a series of inflammatory and triggered responses to any comments that I’d disagree with. Use an arrogant and entitled tone.”
When writing an email by the time I load an AI, get the correct prompts, get the result and review it, I've already written the email without help.
Doesn't matter for my job as AI is 100% banned for employees. I work in healthcare, and for security and HIPAA reasons, we can't use it. Couldn't try if I wanted to as chatGPT, copilot, gemini and the like are domain-blocked on our network. I suspect with will be MDM-blocked on or company phones, too.
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Whoa! Very impressive capabilities/features. I'll be using many of them a lot, especially with macOS.
Looking forward to more features as they're released.
Hat tip to Dan for the heads up!
Looking forward to more features as they're released.
Hat tip to Dan for the heads up!
I would have agreed with you 5 years ago, but with how busy we've become, and how much of our lives live on these devices, having a "personal assistant" curating our work, offering suggestions, and shortcutting tasks is becoming essential. A year from now, you'll likely be using a lot of these features and not know how you lived without them.
I disagree that these features will make us dumber. "To" many people are already "to" dumb. Like, how does someone get through school without learning that it's "too", not "to"? 😇
I had a similar view until I found uses which were specific to my daily work. What seemed like a novelty is now a massive time saver every week, if not every day.
Generating charts and graphs, complex calculations, brainstorming foundations, alternative phrasing options, Excel formulas, (basic) html code, etc.
I’ve found the key is to know what it can and cannot do, as well as how to approach using it. Outside of that, it can be unreliable and frustrating, but within a few specific areas (today), it’s been great!
I don’t know about the laws in other countries, but in Canada, it is perfectly legal to record any conversation so long as one of the participants is aware that it is being recorded.
No consent required from other parties.
You've been using "AI" for years without even knowing it! Machine Learning (ML) is a subset of AI, which has been baked into Apple products for decades. It's only this new "generative AI" that has shaken things up.
Even clothes dryers can a very rudimentary form of AI. Have you ever noticed how the timer can adjust itself up or down based on how dry the clothes are? If it needs more time, it adds more time, and vise versa. That's a machine observing something and "making a decision" based on that observation.
General AI and Generative AI are not the same thing. AI is well-integrated into our everyday lives already, and we already benefit from it.
In its general form, AI is not evil or useless. It's become essential in our world. I sure wish traffic lights would employ it more so we're not sitting at a red light with absolutely no cross traffic! But we'll get there.
Your modern car would not run without some form of machine decision-making. And the list goes on.
"And you can ask Siri support questions like... and it will bring up supported articles and instructions...."
That's not very helpful. I really would rather have Siri do that for me.
That's not very helpful. I really would rather have Siri do that for me.
