Apple’s latest acquisition fuels rumors of iPhone on-device AI capabilities


by Phandroid

Phandroid— Apple has more or less confirmed that they are working on their own AI technology. The rumors are claiming that the next iOS update could focus heavily on AI. We have also heard the rumored A18 chipset could feature additional hardware support for AI on the iPhone. Now according to a report from French business magazine Challenges, they claim that Apple has acquired a French startup that specializes in on-device computer vision technology. Why is this important? This is important because we have...

Fast Company—Your iPhone is about to become an 'AI phone.' What to expect from Apple’s iOS 18. After a long delay, Apple is gearing up, finally, to embrace artificial intelligence in a big way on the iPhone. The company is expected to show off new AI-powered features for the iPhone’s upcoming operating system, iOS 18, next month at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The most prominent AI feature iOS 18 is likely to introduce is an Apple-built large language model (LLM)—the software that powers AI chatbots like ChatGPT. Many are speculating that Apple’s LLM will be integrated...

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Phandroid—Here’s a taste of Apple’s AI plans. Apple is expected to introduce new AI features in iOS 18, and a new report has revealed some of those changes to Safari.