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Craig Federighi of Apple alludes to a collaboration with Google to enable iOS AI experiences

By Consultants Review Team Tuesday, 11 June 2024

Apple may have even more ambitious AI initiatives in the works, despite the company making headlines recently with the introduction of ChatGPT integration across all of its platforms and Apple Intelligence. Craig Federighi, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering at Apple, made a startling admission at a post-keynote discussion regarding the potential integration of Google's Gemini AI model in the future.

Federighi underscored the company's goal of providing consumers with autonomy while describing its vision for third-party AI integration. He hinted at the possibility of domain-specific AI models, saying, "We want to enable users to ultimately choose the models they want, maybe Google Gemini in the future," after citing ChatGPT as an excellent example. Nothing new to share at this time.

This comment implies that Apple values Google's potent and adaptable AI technology and is open to investigating collaborations outside of ChatGPT. 

Apple Intelligence

A personal intelligence system for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac called Apple Intelligence was unveiled by Apple. This approach provides immensely useful and pertinent intelligence by skillfully fusing the capability of generative AI with individual context. Apple Intelligence, deeply ingrained in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, makes use of Apple silicon's capacity to comprehend and produce words and visuals, expedite processes between apps, and use personal context to ease daily activities.

Redefining the Creation and Understanding of Language

A brand-new set of system-wide writing tools is integrated into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, according to Apple Intelligence. With the use of these features, users may easily rewrite, edit, and summarize text in a variety of apps, such as Mail, Notes, Pages, and outside apps. Writing Tools provide consumers renewed confidence in their writing skills, whether they are editing class notes, polishing a blog article, or creating the ideal email.

Image Playground

With the help of Apple Intelligence, Image Playground opens up amazing possibilities for image creation. With three various styles to choose from—animation, illustration, or sketch—users may quickly produce attractive graphics. With its seamless integration, Image Playground provides tailored concept recommendations based on interactions in applications such as Messages.

Siri's New Era

With Apple Intelligence, Siri receives a major boost and is further assimilated into the system. Improved language comprehension skills enable a more organic, situation-specific, and tailored communication. Siri can now recognize text input, keep context between queries, and even follow along with voice stutters.

A Novel Framework for AI Privacy

User privacy is a top priority for Apple Intelligence. Many models run exclusively on the smartphone thanks to on-device processing. Private Cloud Compute brings Apple's security and privacy requirements to the cloud for more complicated demands.

Integrating ChatGPT to Increase Productivity

Apple is including ChatGPT functionality with macOS Sequoia, iOS 18, and iPadOS 18. Now, without having to interrupt their present process, users may take use of ChatGPT's knowledge and picture and document interpretation capabilities.

Accessible

Later this year, in US English, Apple Intelligence will be accessible in beta as part of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia.

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