Apple Launches Apple Intelligence for Phones, Macs, iPads

<p><span class&equals;"pagebody-location"><strong>CUPERTINO<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Apple is wading into AI with the launch of<&sol;span> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;apple&period;com&sol;apple-intelligence&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Apple Intelligence<&sol;a>&comma; the personal intelligence system for iPhone&comma; iPad&comma; and Mac that combines the power of generative models with personal context to deliver intelligence that’s incredibly useful and relevant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company says Apple Intelligence will be deeply integrated into iOS 18&comma; iPadOS 18&comma; and macOS Sequoia&period; It harnesses the power of Apple silicon to understand and create language and images&comma; take action across apps&comma; and draw from personal context to simplify and accelerate everyday tasks&period; With Private Cloud Compute&comma; Apple sets a new standard for privacy in AI&comma; with the ability to flex and scale computational capacity between on-device processing and larger&comma; server-based models that run on dedicated Apple silicon servers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Apple Intelligence will be free for users&comma; and will be available in beta as part of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;apple&period;com&sol;ios&sol;ios-18-preview&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">iOS 18<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;apple&period;com&sol;ipados&sol;ipados-18-preview&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">iPadOS 18<&sol;a>&comma; and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;apple&period;com&sol;macos&sol;macos-sequoia-preview&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">macOS Sequoia<&sol;a> this fall in U&period;S&period; English&period; Some features&comma; software platforms&comma; and additional languages will come over the course of the next year&period; Apple Intelligence will only be available for users with an iPhone 15 Pro&comma; iPhone 15 Pro Max&comma; and iPad and Mac with M1 and later&comma; with Siri and device language set to U&period;S&period; English&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re thrilled to introduce a new chapter in Apple innovation&period; Apple Intelligence will transform what users can do with our products — and what our products can do for our users&comma;” said Tim Cook&comma; Apple’s CEO&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our unique approach combines generative AI with a user’s personal context to deliver truly helpful intelligence&period; And it can access that information in a completely private and secure way to help users do the things that matter most to them&period; This is AI as only Apple can deliver it&comma; and we can’t wait for users to experience what it can do&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"pagebody-header"><strong>New Capabilities for Understanding and Creating Language<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Apple Intelligence unlocks new ways for users to enhance their writing and communicate more effectively&period; With brand-new systemwide Writing Tools built into iOS 18&comma; iPadOS 18&comma; and macOS Sequoia&comma; users can rewrite&comma; proofread&comma; and summarize text nearly everywhere they write&comma; including Mail&comma; Notes&comma; Pages&comma; and third-party apps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whether tidying up class notes&comma; ensuring a blog post reads just right&comma; or making sure an email is perfectly crafted&comma; Writing Tools help users feel more confident in their writing&period; With Rewrite&comma; Apple Intelligence allows users to choose from different versions of what they have written&comma; adjusting the tone to suit the audience and task at hand&period; From finessing a cover letter&comma; to adding humor and creativity to a party invitation&comma; Rewrite helps deliver the right words to meet the occasion&period; Proofread checks grammar&comma; word choice&comma; and sentence structure while also suggesting edits — along with explanations of the edits — that users can review or quickly accept&period; With Summarize&comma; users can select text and have it recapped in the form of a digestible paragraph&comma; bulleted key points&comma; a table&comma; or a list&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Mail&comma; staying on top of emails has never been easier&period; With Priority Messages&comma; a new section at the top of the inbox shows the most urgent emails&comma; like a same-day dinner invitation or boarding pass&period; Across a user’s inbox&comma; instead of previewing the first few lines of each email&comma; they can see summaries without needing to open a message&period; For long threads&comma; users can view pertinent details with just a tap&period; Smart Reply provides suggestions for a quick response&comma; and will identify questions in an email to ensure everything is answered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Apple Intelligence powers exciting image creation capabilities to help users communicate and express themselves in new ways&period; With Image Playground&comma; users can create fun images in seconds&comma; choosing from three styles&colon; Animation&comma; Illustration&comma; or Sketch&period; Image Playground is easy to use and built right into apps including Messages&period; It’s also available in a dedicated app&comma; perfect for experimenting with different concepts and styles&period; All images are created on device&comma; giving users the freedom to experiment with as many images as they want&period;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;

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