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Apple plans to use intelligence to improve natural conversation flow with the help of artificial intelligence, and for phone calls. The software can be used to summarize notifications, text messages, documents and open web pages.

Craig Federighi, Apple software chief, told the conference that OpenAI will be integrated into the digital assistant. That would allow people to ask for help with things like recipe ideas, room decorations or composing a story, Federighi said.

It had been widely rumored ahead of WWDC that Apple was working on a deal with OpenAI. It would seem that Apple and Openai are unlikely bedfellows. Apple puts a lot of attention to detail, obsession with the user experience, and stunning design, when it comes to new products. OpenAI is famous for being the first company to throw a new artificial intelligence technology into the world and observe what happens with it.

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Federighi said, “Suppose that you want to make a custom tale for your six-year-old child who likes butterflies and solving riddles.” Send your initial idea to chatgpat.

The announcement comes as AI has experienced explosive growth, and some embarrassing setbacks. Plagiarism, incorrect or biased results and other issues have been faced by artificial intelligence assistants. The allegations of copying the actor’s voice without her permission has been brought up by OpenAI.

Apple is the first company to introduce an artificial intelligence partnership, which has been thought to be more slow in adopting artificial intelligence than other companies.

Apple will also offer smaller generative AI algorithms that run on devices. It says these will be better for users. The company will face a balancing act in emphasizing privacy and security while also pivoting to greater use of generative AI.

Apple says that users will be able to speak to Siri much more naturally in iOS 18. The company also says that you’ll be able to type to Siri to get things done instead of just talking.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one, but Apple is rolling out new email-writing suggestions and text summaries. In Mail, while typing out a message, you can have Siri write it for you and ask it to change its tone. The company says it’s possible to type like this in a system-wide manner.

Apple is rolling out a bunch of new AI features across its apps in iOS 18, including a way to summarize emails and generate responses. The company showed off its new Genmoji feature, letting you create custom emoji based on a text prompt, along with a new AI image generator called Image Playground.

Artificial intelligence will be added to the Photos app. You can already search for objects pictured in your library, but Apple says it’s improving how this works in the future, so you can search for things like a person who is doing cartwheels. It also added features similar to Google’s Magic Eraser, like the ability to erase a person from a photo.

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Apple says Siri’s updated design makes it more prominent across the device, displaying a glowing multi-colored border on the screen when in use. Siri is also more capable of understanding users when they stumble on their words while speaking to the assistant and can maintain the context of the conversation between requests — making an event for a specific location after providing weather information about that place, for example.

Users can type their questions and requests into the app with double-tapping at the bottom of the screen, or they can do both by using voice and typing.

When asking for recipe advice, Apple will be able to tap into the expertise ofchat GpT when it is helpful for you. Siri will ask users if it can utilize ChatGPT to complete a request and will present that information directly on the device screen if granted user approval.

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote has come to a close — and the company had a whole lot to share. We got our first look at the AI features coming to Apple’s devices and some major updates across the company’s operating systems.

Aside from all the AI, Apple is introducing a new and more customizable Control Center in iOS 18. It is launching a way for you to put app icons on your homescreen. If you lock certain apps with the upcoming update, the other people won’t be able to use them.

iMessage will get other improvements, including the ability to schedule texts and texting via satellite. You can bold, underline and italicize text with the new Tapback options.

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Apple TV Plus is getting a new feature that will let you swipe down on your remote to show the actors and their characters in the movie or TV show that you’re watching. Find and add the current song to your Apple Music queue. Apple TV Plus will automatically show subtitles when you mute a show and will support 21:9 projectors.

Last week, it was rumored that Apple would release a new Passwords app that will allow you to keep track of your login details across different devices. The app will allow you to create and store passwords in a similar way to LastPass and 1Password. Passwords will be available on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS, and even Windows.

The iPad has been without a calculator app for more than a decade. It comes with a new feature called Math Notes, which lets you use the Apple Pencil to write equations on your iPad and have the app solve it for you.

Apple plans to use machine learning to improve the appearance of handwritten notes, as well as spell check them.

Apple’s next macOS update will let you mirror your iPhone on your Mac. You’ll be able to interact with your iPhone directly from your Mac, letting you view notifications and hear the audio playing from your mobile device.

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There are a ton of new features coming to watchOS 11, too, including a new capability that automatically adds widgets based on when you need them. Apple is introducing a new app called Vitals, which will allow you to explore your most important health metrics with just a glance, and new features like Live Activities and Check-In, which will allow your loved ones to track you during your workout.

Apple has introduced visionOS 2, a major update for the operating system. Machine learning is going to be a new feature in the Vision Pro. The update will support an ultrawide virtual Mac display, intuitive gestures, and travel mode on trains.

In the next software update for the AirPods, Apple will allow you to shake your head and respond to the announcements made by the virtual assistant. The AirPods Pro are also getting Voice Isolation to enhance voice quality and reduce background noise.

Everything that Apple announced at the event was here. Most of these features will become available in the fall, when Apple typically updates the software that runs on each of its devices.

While many generative AI programs, including ChatGPT, run in the cloud, Apple says Apple Intelligence would primarily use AI models running locally on its devices. It has developed a method to determine whether a request should be forwarded to the cloud, and a technology that can keep data out of the hands of terrorists.

“We think about what it means for intelligence to be really useful, it has to be centered on you,” Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, said at a briefing after the WWDC keynote presentation. It requires some very deep thoughts about privacy.

“I think it solves a necessary, profound challenge,” Federighi said. “Cloud computing typically comes with some real compromises when it comes to privacy assurances. Even if a company makes some promise, ‘We’re not going to do anything with your data,’ you have no way to verify that.”