Making It Behave is Apple’s biggest artificial intelligence challenge
Apple has announced that the new AI features in iOS 18 will let users speak Siri much more naturally. Users will now be able to summarize emails and generate responses through Siri. Siri’s updated design makes it more prominent across the device, displaying a glowing multi-colored border on the screen when in use.
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Apple has unveiled several new features including a new iMessage app and Smart Script that uses machine learning to improve the appearance of your handwriting and spell-check notes. The company also unveiled a new Vitals app that will let you “explore your most important health metrics with just a glance”. It also unveiled the next software update of AirPods Pro.
Unable to apply for asylum, migrants are forced to make a decision: try to cross again or give up
A Mexican family of five who arrived in El Paso, US, on Tuesday from Mexico’s Juarez to seek asylum in the US filed an asylum claim on Tuesday. The family, which includes two 5-year-old children, their father and a 16-year-old brother, plans to stay in Mexico for an indefinite period. US President Joe Biden enacted an executive action to crack down on illegal crossings.
The United Nations Security Council passed a U.S.-backed cease-fire resolution
The UN Security Council on Monday approved a US-brokered ceasefire plan to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The resolution states that Israel has accepted the US proposal, but calls for Hamas to do the same. Russia said that the council remained in the dark about the deal and voted for a cat in the bag.
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Apple will hold its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco’s AT&T Park on June 8 and 9. During the WWDC, the company is expected to launch an updated version of Siri and a new operating system for Macs. Apple is also expected to launch a new iPhone that will run on an artificial intelligence (AI) chip.
After the security backlash, microsoft will switch off recall
Microsoft recently announced the update of Copilot+ PCs’ set-up experience to give users a “clearer choice” to opt in to saving snapshots using Microsoft’s’recall’ feature. The feature is designed to let users record their PC history in the cloud. It allows users to save personal data in a “perfect, artificial intelligence-enabled memory”.
It is not possible for Windows to take everything you do if you do not opt in
Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President, Windows + devices, Pavan Davuluri has said the company will continue to listen to and learn from customers, including consumers, developers and enterprises, on how to evolve experiences in ways that are meaningful to them. “We’ll continue to build these new capabilities and experiences for our users by prioritising privacy, safety and security first,” he added.
Israel launched a strike on a shelter in central Gaza
UN’s aid chief for Palestine Philippe Lazzarini has said that a school compound in Gaza City is not an armed group and that 6,000 displaced people there are sheltering there. He further said that the school compound is sheltering people who have left their homes due to fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants. The school is in Nuseirat district.
Netanyahu will address Congress on July 24
US House Democrats have said they’ll boycott Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the Congress on July 24 unless he accepts a peace deal with Hamas. However, Netanyahu said he’s “moved to have the privilege of representing Israel before both Houses of Congress and to present the truth about our just war against those who seek to destroy us”.
The publisher of ‘Washington Post’ tried to kill a story about him
The New York Times and New York Times Investigation have revealed that Washington Post CEO Dave Lewis offered an exclusive interview to then-Executive Editor Sally Buzbee if she dropped a story accusing him of taking part in criminality at James Murdoch’s British newspapers. The article was published days before Lewis announced his priorities for the paper, which is financially troubled.