- Apple Intelligence. - Apple Intelligence.
- Apple Intelligence. - If you're wondering what
Apple's been talking about here at its Worldwide Developers Conference, let me sum it up for you. - Introducing Apple Intelligence. - You see what they did there? Yes, Apple Intelligence
is the company's AI system that will be integrated throughout its iPhone, Mac,
and iPad operating systems. And yes, they said Apple
Intelligence around 60 times. Some of these Intelligence announcements are just table stakes. Samsung and Google already have them. Others break new ground. Here's my AI analysis. Number one, Siri. Yes, ever since Siri's birth, Apple's been promising that it can. - Do things for you just by you asking. - Not exactly. Yet maybe now is Siri's moment. The assistant is getting smarter at what it can do with
your personal information. The aim is to keep your data private, either by using on-device models or using Apple's new private
cloud compute system.

Apple says the new Siri can understand you better, even when you flub what you're saying. - [Speaker] What does the weather look like for tomorrow at Muir Beach? Oh, wait, I meant Muir Woods. - [Siri] The forecast is calling for clear skies in the morning near Muir Woods National Monument. - [Reporter] The big thing is that you can now type to Siri, making it much more like a chatbot. But unlike those other chatbots, Apple's making the point that Siri knows all about you and your personal info. It eventually will be able to understand what appears on your screen. You can ask Siri to find something even if you don't remember it's in a message, email, or note, and it can work across apps. - Or for times when you're filling out a form and need to input your driver's license. Siri will be able to find a photo of your license.

extract your ID number and type it into the form for you. - [Reporter] Number two, Siri and ChatGPT. Siri has a new buddy. When you ask Siri to do something that it doesn't know how to do, it will ask your permission to use ChatGPT. And you don't have to be a ChatGPT subscriber either. And if you have a ChatGPT account, you can connect it and access the paid features. Apple says it plans to integrate with other large language models later. Number three, writing tools. These were expected. Generative AI models will be able to summarize, rewrite, and proofread text in Notes, Mail, Pages, and more. - [Presenter] Well, now you can change the tone of that response to your colleague to make it sound more friendly, professional, or concise. - [Reporter] Apple will also suggest responses and different tones for messages and emails. Google and Samsung have been doing this

but it's a very welcome upgrade here too. Number four, images. - We're introducing Genmoji. - [Reporter] Yes, that's a thing. It's generative image creation
mixed with emoji and Memoji. You can generate these new
emojis by adding a description. You can then use them as a
tap-back reaction in messages, in-line, or stickers. - [Presenter] Just provide a description and you'll see your Genmoji
appear right before your eyes, along with more options to choose from. - We were promised flying cars, and, well, we got AI that can
make emojis of flying cars. I mean, yeah, of course I'm
really excited about this one. Then there's a new app
called Image Playground that lets you create images in seconds. It's also built into apps
like Messages and Pages, and you choose from animation, sketch, or illustration styles. - [Presenter] When you have a
really specific idea in mind,

you could just type a description to add it to your playground, and you can easily adjust
which style you want to use. And speaking of images, Apple Intelligence will
make it easier for you to search through photos
with more specificity. And similar to Google's
Magic Erase feature, there's a cleanup tool that can help you remove objects or people in the background of your photos. Number five, voice transcription. Can I get a finally on this one? Samsung and Google both have
on-device AI transcription. Apple is just getting with the program. It's coming to the Notes app, and you can use AI to summarize
the transcript for you too. There's a similar feature
coming to the Phone app so you can record phone
calls and do the same. Don't worry. - [Presenter] Participants
are automatically notified, so no one is surprised. - [Reporter] Number six, notifications. Taking another page
from Google and Samsung, Apple will use AI to
prioritize your notifications.

The most important will appear at the top. - [Presenter] Your priority
notifications appear at the top of the stack, letting you know what to pay
attention to at a glance. - Apple Intelligence will start appearing in iOS 18, iPad OS 18, and macOS Sequoia, first in the beta versions this summer and then more broadly
to everyone this fall. And it's only available
in English at first. But there are two big bummers. Not all the features will
be available right away. Apple says the ChatGPT
integration will arrive before the end of the year, and some features might not
even come until next year. And all this requires new hardware. Luckily, this is an iPhone 15 Pro Max, but sorry, everyone else. Apple says these new AI features require the latest iPhone 15 Pro lineup and iPads and Max running
the M chip or later. So there you have it, Apple's
first step into the AI wars.

The Siri improvements and the mix of on-device and
cloud processing are unique. The rest is a lot of
what we've already seen from Google and Samsung, but that's Apple's usual move: wait it out and make it better. And now we wait to test to
see if it is actually better. Hey, Siri, are you smarter yet? - [Siri]: I'm not a person, so I only know what I've been
programmed to understand. - Well, that's gonna change.

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