Very Sneaky Update

[CheMillan]

Very sneaky of Apple to turn on Apple Intelligence without my permission after installing macOS Sequoia 15.3 update. I went into System Settings, Screen Time, and Privacy & Security and disabled every feature related to Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT, and Siri on my M4 Mac mini and M2 MacBook Air.

 

[fisherking]

did they say somewhere that they wouldn't do that? isn't it now a part of the current OS? and wasn't it easy to turn those things off? hmmmmm

 

[Biro]

It seems to me that AI’s default to opt-out has been very well publicized for days.

 

[pshufd]

I just turned it off and will turn it off on future updates.

 

[bogdanw]

It was mentioned in the release notes of Sequoia 15.3 RC
"New Features
For users new or upgrading to macOS 15.3, Apple Intelligence will be enabled automatically during Mac 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."
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-15_3-release-notes

but Apple did not mention it in the general release notes for macOS Sequoia 15.3
https://support.apple.com/en-us/120283

 

[Sciuriware]

I just turned it off and will turn it off on future updates.

OFF! at least till it has become mature and safe (if it ever will).
;JOOP!

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

It has been promoted by them for almost 9 months now, how can it be a surprise? If you don't want new features, just don't upgrade.

 

[pipo2]

Very sneaky of Apple to turn on Apple Intelligence without my permission after installing macOS Sequoia 15.3 update. I went into System Settings, Screen Time, and Privacy & Security and disabled every feature related to Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT, and Siri on my M4 Mac mini and M2 MacBook Air.

There is another 'feature' regarding Apple Intelligence: If the languages used for your Mac and Siri are not the same, there is NO Apple Intelligence. This also means, NO field in Apple Intelligence & Siri to turn off A.I. Which makes sense, there isn't anything to turn off, how clever ;-)

Seriously, instead of the yes/no button for A.I, there's a comment shown about the languages used and thus no A.I.
My case: Mac - English US, Siri - English UK.
BTW I never ever used Siri. I don't recall (and care) how that came about. Sheer luck ;-)

So NO A.I. after 15.3 update. There is of course a lot of 'artificial intelligence' on our computers anyway. Since ever! Raison d'etre.

 

[Sciuriware]

It has been promoted by them for almost 9 months now, how can it be a surprise? If you don't want new features, just don't upgrade.

As automation people are very conservative, I dare to state that those update for stability r.t. new features.
So, being old and conservative, I demand that MacOS remains stable in spite of the criminal world outside.
Thus, I keep updating and, may be, one day I'll dig into something new.
;JOOP!

 

[Realityck]

It has been promoted by them for almost 9 months now, how can it be a surprise? If you don't want new features, just don't upgrade.

You need those security patches with 15.3 more importantly then the trivial effort to disable Apple Intelligence.