Apple’s annual update about accessibility features on its platforms has new additions for the iPhone, Mac, and especially Vision Pro, with a focus on how on-device AI processing is being used in features like VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control, and Accessibility Reader. …
… Labels aren’t exactly an airtight solution right now, and I think the bigger danger is the quickly eroding notion that we can usually trust a photo that someone takes and posts from their phone. Apple is certainly not the most audacious player here. …
… This new update will be Apple’s next crack at Apple Intelligence features, which were first announced at WWDC 2024. Apple is well behind companies like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, which have all been steadily building out their AI chatbots. …
… It’s a genuinely useful application of AI in the smart home. With Apple Intelligence bringing these features to Apple Home, Apple’s smart home platform is gaining parity with competitors’ offerings. …
… Even so, it’s faint praise, but this is still the most useful and helpful Siri has been. It’s baby’s first real AI steps for Apple.
… The way it works is you visit Deezer’s AI music detector site, choose your streaming service, and grant Deezer permission to access it. The tool is compatible with 20 different platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, and YouTube Music. …
… Now, Apple has to show that it can nail all the new AI features, too — I’m eager to see how it fares.
… When Apple Intelligence was announced in 2024, Federighi said Apple was “concerned” that AI could impact how “people view photographic content as something they can rely on as indicative of reality.” AI labels are supposed to aid with this, by providing a way for online users to distinguish between… …
… If Apple can’t get everyone on board with App Intents, it’ll have to hope its AI models can figure out various APIs, URL schemes, and other ways of using apps on a user’s behalf. This is the eternal problem of agentic AI, of course, and Apple’s going to experience it in its own proprietary way. …
Along with new software for Macs and iPhones, Apple announced visionOS 27 during its keynote presentation at WWDC on Monday. Like its other platforms, visionOS 27 will feature Apple’s updated Siri AI assistant and the new dedicated Siri app. …
