Apple has entered the AI race and will integrate this technology into its latest devices.
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Apple introduced new features on Monday in an effort to join the artificial intelligence (AI) race and bring “Apple Intelligence” to the iPad, iPhone and Mac.
“We’re excited to introduce a new chapter in Apple innovation. Apple Intelligence will transform what users can do with our products – and what our products can do for our users,” said Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. ‘Apple, in a press release.
He clarified that access to AI could be done “in a completely private and secure manner”.
The announcement was made at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference, as Apple races to catch up to Microsoft and Google, which have become leaders in AI.
Changes to Siri
Apple is leveraging OpenAI’s ChatGPT to make its Siri virtual assistant smarter and more useful.
The optional Siri to ChatGPT gateway will be free for all iPhone users and will be available on other Apple products, once the option is integrated into the next generation of Apple’s operating systems.
ChatGPT subscribers should be able to easily sync their existing accounts when using the iPhone, and should benefit from more advanced features than free users.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, sat in the front row at the conference, which was attended by developers from more than 60 countries.
“Together with Apple, we are making it easier to access what AI can offer,” Altman said in a statement.
In addition to allowing Siri to tap into ChatGPT’s reservoir of knowledge, Apple is giving its 13-year-old virtual assistant a complete overhaul intended to make it more user-friendly and more versatile, even though it currently processes about 1, 5 billion requests per day.
According to the presentation this Monday, he should be able to accomplish more tasks.
The new features will only be available on recent models of Apple products, as these devices require advanced processors.
iMessage will change
Apple also announced the deployment of a technology called Rich Communications Service (RCS), in its iMessage application.
This technology should improve the security of text messages between iPhones and Android devices, but will not change the blue bubbles showing text messages from other iPhones and the green bubbles from Android devices.
Another new feature coming to the iPhone messaging application, users will be able to write a text (or have it composed by an artificial intelligence tool) in advance and schedule a specific time to send it automatically.
