Apple Intelligence, iOS 18 and other Apple AI and UX Announcements

My analysis at the end, and a quick summary of the best AI features in the 2024 "Apple Intelligence" WWDC keynote reveal.

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I’m watching WWDC so I can give an update tomorrow. Everyone's expecting a reborn Siri at WWDC and an OpenAI partnership along with Apple Intelligence. Scroll down to my concluding analysis at the end.

In the 13 years since that initial launch, Siri has become a bit underwhelming, just like Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. With the promise of Generative AI, we’re all hoping for better versions of these voice-assistants.

No surprise here, ChatGPT (via GPT-4o) has literally been baked into Siri and other compose elements of Apple Intelligence.

Apple Intelligence also Abbreviates as “AI”

🍎 Apple has historically been a bit allergic to the term “AI”. The company long avoided using the acronym AI when talking about it, instead preferring to say machine learning. But, companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta have popularized the term and are racing to add AI to core services, mostly to the benefit of Nvidia, which powers it.

Can Apple “catch up” in AI with iOS 18 and new capabilities for iPhones and Apple devices in 2024 and 2025?

Apple Faces Pressure to Show off in AI

🍏 Over 800k people are watching WWDC today, Monday, June 10th, 2024.

• VisionOS 2

• Mail: on device categoriarization - primary, new categories, business Email Digests,

• Tap to Cash

• Journal: insights view, writing streaks, calendar, other fun stats

• Game mode for iPhone

• iOS Photos app Resdesign, with a new unified view with a photo grid, months and years view at the bottom, with a filter button. Collections, browse by topics, e.g., time (recent days), people, trips, etc…

• Airpod Gestures (head nods) for silent communication

• Apple TV+ InSight (.e.g. about actors, songs, more info)

• watchOS 11 (new ways to rate your workouts, powerful algorithm of your effort rating, e.g. training load)

• New app: Vitals App, checking in on your daily health metrics, compared to your typical range

• Language translation app in Smart Stack (e.g. notifications) on watchOS 11

• Photos for Watch face, personalized to you

• MacOS Sequoia

Sam Altman has been spotted.

Apple is Expected to Blitz AI into all of its Apps

Apple’s approach will integrate AI into many of its core apps and features, including Photos, Messages, Notes and the Safari browser. It will handle voice memo transcriptions and provide recaps of meetings, text messages, emails and articles. There also will be new bells and whistles like AI-created emojis. ~ Mark Gurman

WWDC Keynote Address in 18 minutes (Verge)

Watch the highlight for a quick rundowns:

WWDC 2024’s keynote still had tons of “machine learning” name dropping. 😂 Some things never change.