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Apple On Monday, she released a software update for iPhones, iPads and Mac, which by default enables Apple Intelligence for users with supported devices.
Updates iOS 18.3, iPados 18.3 and MacOS sequoia 15.3 also turn off AI summaries for information applicationswhich have gained a reputation for twisting push notifications with messages to display inaccurate facts.
This edition is a milestone in the implementation of Apple Intelligence, a package of the company's artificial intelligence. Apple Intelligence is a key service for Apple, which aims to distinguish its products from the competition using a system of artificial intelligence integrated with iPhone and other devices.
Although Apple Intelligence is already included in the company's marketing materials regarding the latest iPhones, the implementation was intended and limited. Apple claims that this is to enable testing of new functions and making sure that it has sufficient server capacity. The entire Apple Intelligence package is still officially in the beta phase and is only available in a few English -speaking countries.
The Apple decision to enable Apple Intelligence is a step towards a more complete implementation of this function. Earlier, users of supported iPhones – models released in 2024 and models at the “Pro” level from 2023 – were asked to enable Apple Intelligence when configuring the phone, which included downloading AI models from the Internet and a certain installation.
In the case of the latest updates, the Apple Intelligence function will be enabled by default after installing the latest software update, which will increase the number of users in contact with the software. Apple Intelligence is sold as rewriting text, generating images and summarizing long e-mails and threads of messages.
“In the case of new users or updates to iOS 18.3, the Apple Intelligence function will be automatically enabled when implementing the iPhone,” Apple announced in the comments to release updates for programmers.
According to Apple, users will have to go to the Apple Intelligence website in the Settings application to turn it off.
The latest software update also includes one of the most noteworthy examples of Apple withdrawing the function of artificial intelligence after it caused controversy and poor results. Apple joins Google and Microsoft As companies that were forced to withdraw new functions of artificial intelligence after they generated harmful content or “hallucinations” that were not based in reality.
Apple Intelligence can collect piles of notifications and simplify them to notify them consisting of three sentences. However, in December BBC and other information services have found that this function may change the headlines of messages into inaccurate information.
At the beginning of this month Connected notifications in the Apple system In the sports application, the BBC announced that “Brazilian tennis player Rafael still revealed himself as gay.” He is still a Spanish and is married to Maria Francisca Perello.
The latest update disables Apple Intelligence for information and entertainment applications. Apple Intelligence was also updated so that all notifications generated by artificial intelligence are displayed with italics, which means which notifications are created by generative artificial intelligence and which were sent by the application itself.
“We are glad that Apple listened to our fears and suspends the function of a summary to receive a message,” said CNBC spokesman for the BBC.
At the beginning of this month, Apple told CNBC that summaries of notifications for information applications would return in the future update.
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