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    The first set of Apple's AI features on iOS 18 may run locally on your iPhone

    Reports suggest that Apple's first set of AI features, arriving with the soon-to-launch iOS 18 at WWDC 2024 on June 10, will run natively on your iPhone and won't require cloud servers.

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    Apple in talks with OpenAI to bring AI features to the iPhone

    Apple is discussing with OpenAI about incorporating AI features on the next version of its iPhone operating system, iOS 18, just a few weeks before Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).

  • Apple may have already ditched its unloved leather replacement

    A new rumour claims Apple has halted production of its largely panned FineWoven case material, which replaced leather accessories when the iPhone 15 range arrived last year. The environmentally-friendly alternative, which also replaced leather for Apple Watch bands, was the subject of widespread derision from early adopters due to concerns over durability. Pixel 7a falls to £329 for a limited time The Pixel 8a is on the way, but you can nab the current Pixel 7a for a...

  • Apple's generative AI may be the only one that was trained legally & ethically

    As copyright concerns plague the field of generative AI, Apple seeks to preserve privacy and legality through innovative training methods for language learning methods, all while avoiding controversy. Apple's AI may be the only legally-trained one on the market In recent years, the question of generative AI in relation to copyright law has remained a relatively important and complex issue. As language learning models (LLMs) and generative AI apps increase in popularity, copyright issues...

  • China's Baidu Unveils New AI Tools for Chatbot Creation

    China's Baidu has unveiled new AI tools allowing people with no coding knowledge to create their own AI chatbots.

  • Apple Aims Assembling iPhone Cameras In India, Cut Off China

    NEW DELHI, (IANS) – As Apple continues to minimize its dependence on China, the iPhone maker is increasing investments in India and is reportedly in advanced talks with Tata Group’s Titan Company and Murugappa Group to assemble sub-components for phone camera modules, and the country […]

  • Apple renews talks with OpenAI for iPhone generative AI features: report

    Apple Inc has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the startup's generative AI technology to power some new features being introduced in the iPhone later this year, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The companies have begun discussing terms of a potential agreement and how OpenAI features would be integrated into Apple's next iPhone operating system, iOS 18, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Apple and OpenAI did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for...

  • Apple has bought a French firm to help get AI processing on the iPhone

    Apple has quietly acquired another AI firm involved in reducing the size of Large Language Modules for the iPhone, this time Paris-based Datakaleb. Before moving to AI compression, Datakaleb worked extensively in AI-based image analysis Following news that Apple secretly bought the Canadian AI firm DarwinAI at the start of 2024, it has now been revealed that shortly before then, it acquired a Parisian company. French publication Challenges says it bought Datakaleb in December 2023. ...

  • Apple quiet about its iPhone 'spyware attack' warnings — but the mystery may be solved

    A new report appears to have explained the reason behind the spyware iPhone notification.

  • Titan, Murugappa may make iPhone camera parts to keep China out

    Apple is in advanced discussions with Murugappa Group and Tata group’s Titan Company to assemble — and, possibly, manufacture — sub-components for iPhone camera modules, people aware of the matter told ET.If talks fructify, the Indian supplier ecosystem will deepen for the Cupertino company as it shifts more of its operations away from China.At present, Apple does not have Indian suppliers for the camera module embedded in its iconic phones, several models of which are now assembled in India....

  • Apple’s first wave of AI features could be iPhone 16 exclusive

    Apple is planning to announce its progress in the generative AI realm as part of iOS 18 during June's WWDC. However, they may not be available on any iPhone currently on the market According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple's "first wave" of artificial intelligence will be entirely hardware based, rather than relying on cloud processing. With that, there's a chance the features might require some specialist hardware that isn't currently available on the latest iPhone handsets. ...

  • iPhone sales spiral 25% in China as Apple drops from first place to fifth

    Apple’s struggles in China continue, according to new data from research firm Canalys. This data indicates that not only did Apple fall out of first place in China for smartphone shipments in Q1 2024, it fell all the way to fifth place. more