Apple Intelligence

As the world debates what is right and what is wrong about generative AI, the California State Assembly and Senate have just passed the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act bill (SB 1047), which is one of the first significant regulations for AIs in the United States.

Yesterday Apple released a lot of new betas. iOS 18.0 saw what may be its final betas before the RC versions set to debut after the September 9 iPhone event. But those betas focused exclusively on bug fixes and performance. iOS 18.1 beta 3, however, brought a variety of new features and changes—especially to Apple Intelligence. Here’s a look at what’s new.

iPhone 16 season is just around the corner, but supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo already has his eyes on the iPhone 17 cycle. The researcher’s latest details how the iPhone 17 Pro Max next fall will outperform the rest of the iPhone 17 lineup, including the iPhone 17 Pro, when next year’s models debut. AI, of course, is the reason behind the extra punch behind the late 2025 Pro Max model.

Apple on Wednesday released the third beta of iOS 18.1 with Apple Intelligence, and this one added the Clean Up feature to the Photos app. For those unfamiliar, Clean Up lets users delete objects and people from a photo using AI. To avoid controversy, the system will label photos edited with Clean Up – but most users probably won’t even know about it.

Today Apple released beta 3 for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1. These updates include some key new Apple Intelligence capabilities not available in previous betas. One such addition brings an expansion of what may be the killer Apple Intelligence feature: notification summaries.

With the launch of iOS 18.1 beta 3 for developers today, Apple Intelligence is adding a new Clean Up feature to the Photos app. This feature, as announced at WWDC, can identify and remove distracting objects in the background of a photo.

Apple is now rolling out iOS 18.1 beta 3 to developers, one week after the second beta was released. iOS 18.1 includes the first batch of Apple Intelligence features and is expected to be released sometime in October.

Apple has officially confirmed its iPhone 16 event for Monday, September 9. The ‘It’s Glowtime’ event also came with a revealing press invite and animation. While some invites carry minimal secret meaning, this latest release is giving strong Apple Intelligence vibes. Here’s why.

According to some new tweets from Mark Gurman, Apple has scheduled a mandatory meeting for all Apple Store employees shortly after the iPhone 16 event, which is expected to take place on September 10th. The meetings are happening on either the evening of September 12th and the morning of September 13th, depending on the store.

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One of the headline announcements from WWDC was the upcoming release of Apple Intelligence. True to form, Apple is putting its own spin on “AI” and rethinking how AI should work to maximize the power of the devices while also protecting user privacy. The big question is: what does it mean for IT teams?

Something rings true about Apple’s catchphrase for Apple Intelligence: ‘AI for the rest of us.’ AI can do some really impressive (and problematic) things. But sometimes it’s the boring, practical improvements that are actually most useful. For example, every day ‘the rest of us’ endure the tedious task of notification management. And in iOS 18.1, Apple has made notifications so much better thanks to AI summaries.

Today reviews dropped for Google’s AI-packed Pixel 9 phones. Why mention that on an Apple site? Because the headlines Google’s getting help explain why Apple Intelligence’s image generation features are still MIA from the iOS 18.1 beta. In fact, the more headlines I see, the more I wonder if we’ll ever see features like Genmoji and Image Playground launch. Here’s why.

Later this year, Apple is baking ChatGPT into Siri in iOS 18. While the vast majority of Apple Intelligence features were built by Apple in-house, including most new Siri capabilities, the company has nonetheless partnered with OpenAI to add ChatGPT’s powers as a supplementary AI tool in iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and iPadOS 18.

Here’s how ChatGPT will make Siri more intelligent and powerful on your iPhone.

Apple unveiled one of its largest updates to the Mail app back in June. The changes include an all new design, Apple Intelligence enhancements, and a number of other quality of life improvements. Although most of the non-AI features aren’t yet present in the beta, Apple currently says that we should expect everything “later this year.”

Apple Intelligence isn’t officially supported on the Apple Watch. But one of the key AI features in iOS 18.1 is available—and at its best—when used on the Watch. Here’s how notification summaries bring Apple Intelligence to your wrist.

Google yesterday held its annual hardware event, announcing new Pixel smartphones, Pixel Watch, and Pixel Buds.

The company took a few jabs at Apple along the way, attacking it on both hardware and AI fronts, including one claim which should win a prize for sheer ridiculousness …

Over the last few years, everyone has been talking about generative AI. Not only that, everyone was doing something about generative AI. Me and a lot of other people then started wondering when Apple would do something about it. At WWDC 2024 in June, the company announced Apple Intelligence. But so far, Apple Intelligence remains more of a concept than a reality. And here’s why.

New iPhones are coming soon. The iPhone 16 lineup will debut in September, and an iPhone SE 4 is set for next spring. In a normal year, Apple keeps selling the previous year’s iPhones at a reduced price. But based on what we know about the new models coming soon, it’s hard to see much of a future for the standard iPhone 15—especially without Apple Intelligence.

Here’s why the iPhone 15 may be obsolete faster than any other model in history.

Apple Intelligence is available now in developer betas for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1. It will launch publicly to all users later this fall. The device requirements are strict, presumably to delivery a quality experience no matter what device you’re using. I’ve measured the performance of Apple Intelligence across my own devices, and here’s what I’ve found.

Apple is now rolling out iOS 18.1 beta 2 to developers, two weeks after it began iOS 18.1 beta testing. iOS 18.1 includes the first set of Apple Intelligence features, including a redesigned Siri, Writing Tools, and more.

Here’s everything you need to know about the current iOS 18 beta cycle…

A research paper explains how Apple Intelligence is designed, and the steps the company takes to ensure the safety of the models.

The paper also gives a glimpse into the scale and complexity of the on-device AI capabilities, noting that the core model which runs entirely on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac has around three billion parameters …