Apple is reportedly releasing its ‘biggest’ iOS update in the company’s history, which is expected to bring new AI-powered features to the iPhone.
The company is expected to announce the iOS 18 update at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June, which will integrate large language models (LLMS) and generative AI into iWork apps.
Some of the predicted software updates include a revised version of Siri and the Messages app, which are said to be powered by advanced AI.
Apple will likely release the beta version of the iOS 18 update in July this year, with a general release planned for September 2024.
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Apple has yet to officially confirm what will be included in the new iOS 18 system, but Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported the upcoming operating system is ‘ambitious and immersive’.
The update is expected to include a revised version of Siri that uses AI and LLMs to provide more intelligent and accurate answers.
The Message app will also see its own new features ‘field questions and auto-complete sentences.’
Apple Music saw a redesign with the new iOS 17, allowing collaborative playlists like those offered by Spotify.
However, Gurman has predicted that iOS 18 will allow users to create “auto-generated playlists” that use AI to create lists of recommended songs.
The technology can also be added Xcode – which allows users to develop, test, and distribute apps – so developers can “write new applications faster.”
Apple is reportedly adding generative AI software and major language models to Siri
“I’m told the new operating system is seen within the company as one of the biggest iOS updates – if not the biggest – in the company’s history,” Gurman wrote.
“With that knowledge, Apple’s developer conference in June should be quite exciting.”
The redesigned operating system could be Apple’s answer to the slump in iPhone 15 sales, which saw a four percent decline.
Apple is lagging behind in generative AI, falling short two years after ChatGPT became a pioneer for other Big Tech companies, including Microsoft and Google – both of which introduced their own AI services.
“Starting with generative AI, Apple’s tools – when they launch – will be available almost two years after ChatGPT began taking the world by storm, about a year after Amazon announced its revamped Alexa, and about a year and a half after Microsoft and Google debuted their new version, come. new services. Even for Apple, that’s quite a miss,” Gurman said in his To turn on newsletter.
“Long story short, Apple is way behind in AI and it’s a big risk for a company that considers itself the top innovator in consumer technology.”
There is speculation that Apple is working on an ‘Apple GPT’ AI bot, also known as ‘Ajax’, people familiar with the matter told Gurman.
Last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a conference call that there are still some issues that need to be resolved, adding that Apple will add AI to its products in the future, but on a “very thoughtful basis.” ‘
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