WWDC 2024 Recap: Is Apple Intelligence Legit?

The Nugget

Apple Intelligence is the new umbrella term for Apple's AI features, including generative models and new functionalities, available on higher-end Apple devices.
The focus of the WWDC 2024 keynote was revealing the new Apple Intelligence features and updates across various Apple operating systems.

Make it stick

💡 Apple Intelligence: A suite of generative models and tools available on high-end Apple devices.
📱 iPhone, iPad, Mac: New features such as customizable home screens, writing tools, Magic Eraser in Photos, and Genmojis.

VisionOS 2.0 updates, immersive media features, and Mac mirroring.
iOS 18 introduces customizable home screens and new theme engine for icons.
Updates to AirPods, Apple TV, watchOS, and iPadOS, including remote control features and the impressive new Calculator app.
New features in Mac OS Sequoia, including iPhone Mirroring and improved window snapping.

Apple rebrands its AI as Apple Intelligence and introduces generative models and functionalities.
On-device AI tools like writing tools in Pages and a Clean Up tool in Photos are integrated.
New features include Genmojis, Siri improvements, and the ability to request answers from ChatGPT-4.0.
Security and privacy measures for using AI features off-device through Apple's Private Cloud Compute and OpenAI integration.

"Apple had AI at the back half of what they did. Literally, the entire first half of the keynote, they didn't say AI once, zero times."
"Apple has already had AI features on their devices before. They've had the Neural Engine inside of their chips and they've done things like, smartly cutting subjects out of photos."
"These are only supported on the highest end versions of currently available Apple silicon. So that just means iPhone 15 Pro, iPad with M1 or later, and Mac with M1 or later."
"Almost everything happens on device intentionally, and those are from Apple built models, so that should be the fastest stuff that happens."
"In the chance that there are things that are too complex or just outside of the area of expertise of Apple's models, then it can basically go one of two ways."

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