Source: Wall Street See News Author: Bu Shuqing.
About half of this year's WWDC keynote is expected to be related to AI. According to reports, Apple will release a new AI system called "Apple Intelligence" and integrate it into the operating systems of iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
The annual Apple developer conference WWDC is about to kick off next Monday. What surprises will Apple bring to users and investors at this highly anticipated event?
The most noteworthy thing is Apple's layout in the AI field. About half of the keynote speech at this year's WWDC is expected to be related to AI.
After the AI boom has been flourishing for nearly two years, the tech giant with the highest market cap in the world has finally started to make its move.
AI will be fully embedded in Apple's applications.
It is generally believed that Apple's strategy is to integrate this technology into as many applications as possible. Apple will also cooperate with OpenAI to bring users an intelligent chat experience comparable to ChatGPT.
According to informed sources cited by the media, Apple will release a new AI system called 'Apple Intelligence' at the conference and integrate it into the operating systems of iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The AI function will appear in the form of a beta test, which users can choose to enable.
This means that Apple devices will become smarter, providing users with more personalized and efficient services through AI technology. Mainly including:
Summary and abstract functions
Safari browser will be able to automatically summarize webpage content and help users quickly grasp the key points; meeting minutes, text messages, and emails will also add AI summary functions.
Apple will also introduce a 'missed notification completion' function in the new operating system. The system will automatically generate an intelligent notification summary, extract important information missed by the user, and present it to the user in the simplest form.
Reply function
iPhone will be able to create complete email and text message replies for users;
The iPhone side large language model can interact with the calendar application (Calendar) and integrate the to-do items when writing text message replies.
Siri enters the AI era comprehensively.
As Apple's iconic virtual assistant, Siri will have stronger semantic understanding and task execution capabilities.
Siri can manipulate Apple's own applications based on natural language voice commands, such as deleting emails, editing photos, and summarizing news articles.
In the future, Apple will also extend this function to third-party applications and be able to handle more complex requests, executing multiple commands at once. However, these features may not be available until next year.
AI-assisted development
For developers, the most anticipated feature is Xcode+AI. By introducing a function similar to Microsoft GitHub Copilot, Xcode will use the power of AI to help developers automatically generate code, greatly improving development efficiency.
Currently, Xcode+AI has been used first within Apple, but it may not be available to the public until 2024.
AI-assisted photo editing
Apple plans to introduce AI technology into its "Photos" application, providing users with more powerful and intelligent image editing functions.
With the support of AI, users can easily adjust parameters, cut out images, and perform other operations like repairing photos.
Automatic email classification, AI emoji pack, automatic transcription
The email application will also undergo major upgrades, similar to Gmail, automatically categorizing received emails.
To improve users' interactive experience, Apple is expected to add AI-generated emoji pack functions to its devices, will this be a boon for users with a penchant for creating and sharing memes?
The voice memo will have automatic transcription function added, although this function has already been available for a long time on Google Pixel devices and many third-party voice recording applications.
In addition to the iPhone, the operating systems on smartwatches, iPad tablets, and Vision Pro mixed reality headsets are expected to incorporate more AI functions, such as using virtual assistant Siri on the Apple Watch to play music on other devices.
The standard version of iPhone 15 may not be enough to experience AI features.
It is worth mentioning that these cutting-edge AI features have certain requirements for device performance.
Currently, only the iPhone 15 Pro series equipped with the A17 bionic chip and iPads and Macs with M1 or above chips can run the "Apple Intelligence" perfectly.
This means that the standard version of iPhone 15 may be excluded.
For some complex AI tasks, cloud processing is required to achieve them. Apple promises that the processing of user data will follow the strictest security and privacy protection standards.
What to expect in terms of systems and hardware?
In addition to AI, Apple is expected to release a series of major updates to its operating systems at WWDC.
The heaviest update, codenamed Crystal, iOS 18 is expected to bring the largest home screen revolution in iPhone history. Users can freely adjust the position and color of the application icons and support multi-page control centers. The control center will also add a music widget and a smart home appliance control widget.
In terms of hardware, since the all-new MR headset Vision Pro was just released at last year’s WWDC, Apple may not have any major new products appearing this year.
However, it is reasonable to believe that new software functions that set the groundwork for upcoming Apple Watch, AirPods, and other products will quietly debut at this year's conference.
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