Apple has announced that its “more personalized Siri” capabilities, part of the Apple Intelligence suite, will be delayed until next year. In a statement provided to John Gruber of Daring Fireball, Apple spokesperson Jacqueline Roy explained that these features would take longer than anticipated to develop. The delayed functionality would have given Siri greater awareness …
A new analysis proposes that Apple’s implementation of AI features lacks the company’s signature user-friendly design approach. In a detailed review for Macworld, tech journalist Jason Snell points out that while Apple is working to catch up in AI capabilities, the main issue lies in how these features are presented to users. The article highlights …
Did you know Apple has integrated OpenAI’s Dall-E image generator into its Messages app? According to Tim Hardwick from MacRumors, the feature allows iPhone users to create AI-generated images directly within message conversations. The functionality is available on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 models with Apple Intelligence enabled. Users can activate the feature by …
Apple has appointed Kim Vorrath, a 36-year company veteran, to help improve its artificial intelligence capabilities and Siri digital assistant. According to a Bloomberg report by Mark Gurman, Vorrath joins Apple’s AI division as a top deputy to AI chief John Giannandrea. The move comes as Apple aims to catch up with competitors like OpenAI, …
Apple has introduced changes to its Intelligence notification summaries feature in iOS 18.3 beta 3. According to reporting by Chance Miller, the update temporarily disables AI-generated summaries for news and entertainment applications. The modification follows complaints from media outlets including the BBC about the feature’s accuracy. Apple has implemented several changes to make the beta …
Apple is under pressure to withdraw its AI-powered news summary feature after generating multiple false news alerts. According to a report by Zoe Kleinman, Liv McMahon and Natalie Sherman for the BBC, the feature has created entirely fabricated claims when attempting to summarize breaking news notifications. Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger called the technology “out …
Apple and Nvidia have announced the integration of Apple’s ReDrafter technology into Nvidia’s TensorRT-LLM framework, enabling faster processing of large language models (LLMs) on Nvidia GPUs. ReDrafter, an open-source speculative decoding approach developed by Apple, uses recurrent neural networks to predict future tokens during text generation, combined with beam search and tree attention algorithms. The …
A recent survey reveals that most iPhone users are not impressed with Apple’s artificial intelligence features, despite considering AI capabilities important when purchasing smartphones. According to research conducted by SellCell and reported by Ben Lovejoy for 9to5Mac, 73% of Apple Intelligence users find the features either “not very valuable” or adding “little to no value” …
Apple’s new iPhone notification feature is under scrutiny after generating misleading news headlines, according to a BBC report by Graham Fraser. The BBC has filed a complaint with Apple after the AI-powered summary feature incorrectly suggested that murder suspect Luigi Mangione had shot himself. The incident involves Apple Intelligence, that uses AI to summarize and …
Apple has launched significant updates to its operating systems, introducing new artificial intelligence features under the Apple Intelligence brand. The iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 updates are now available for compatible devices in six English-speaking countries: the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The updates bring …