iOS 18 will use AI to summarize notifications, add to calendar and more

Apple is about to unveil an automatic notification summary feature as part of a suite of new artificial intelligence features in iOS 18, Apple said. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman.

In today’s edition of his “Power On” newsletter, Gurman provided more details on what to expect from Apple’s first big push into generative AI at the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference:

As part of the changes, the company will improve Siri’s voice capabilities, giving it a more conversational feel, and add features that help users with their daily lives – an approach it calls “proactive intelligence.”

That includes services like automatically summarizing notifications from your iPhone, providing a quick summary of news articles, and transcribing voice memos, as well as improving existing features that automatically populate your calendar and suggest apps. There will also be some improvements to photos in the form of AI-based editing, but none of these features will impress those who have been using AI in Adobe Inc.’s apps in recent months. have used.

Gurman added that while Apple will rely primarily on on-device processing to support its AI features, it will also deliver them via the cloud in data centers containing high-quality Apple silicon chips designed for the Mac. He also noted that a ChatGPT-like chatbot will be noticeably absent from Apple’s upcoming AI features. Apple executives are said to have admitted that they are catching up internally.

It’s widely expected that Apple’s first foray into AI will be unveiled as part of previews of next-generation software updates at WWDC, which begins on June 10.