Apple brings ChatGPT to its apps, including Siri

Through the integration of ChatGPT, Siri will gain several new capabilities:

1. More Natural and Contextually Relevant Conversations: Siri will be able to understand more natural-sounding questions and speech patterns, including understanding pauses or corrections. It will also remember previous conversations and references, allowing for more contextually relevant interactions.

2. Answering Questions About Apple Devices: Siri will be able to answer questions about Apple devices, providing users with helpful information about their devices.

3. Taking Actions Inside Apps: Siri will have the ability to perform tasks within apps on behalf of users, making it more efficient to accomplish tasks.

4. Integration with ChatGPT: Siri will be able to tap into ChatGPT's expertise when needed. For example, if a user needs menu ideas for a meal using specific ingredients, Siri can feed that information to ChatGPT for an answer.

5. Image Generation: Users will be able to include photos with the questions they ask ChatGPT via Siri.

6. System-Wide Writing Tools Integration: ChatGPT will be integrated into system-wide writing tools, allowing users to create content with ChatGPT, including images. Users can also ask an initial idea and send it to ChatGPT to get a revision or variation back.

These new capabilities will make Siri more powerful and helpful, providing users with a more seamless and efficient experience when interacting with their Apple devices.

Apple is taking several measures to ensure user privacy and data protection with the new ChatGPT integrations in Siri and other apps. Firstly, the integrations are designed with privacy protections built-in. This means that requests made through Siri or other Apple apps are not stored by OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Additionally, users' IP addresses are obscured to prevent tracking.

Furthermore, Apple's approach to AI and data processing focuses on on-device processing, which means that most of the data processing happens directly on the user's device rather than on remote servers. This ensures that users' data stays on their device and is not sent to third-party servers, enhancing privacy and security.

Lastly, Private Cloud Compute is a technology introduced by Apple that claims to protect data even for more intensive AI tasks that require the cloud. According to Apple, user data is never stored or made accessible to Apple when using Private Cloud Compute for AI tasks.

Overall, Apple's strategy for integrating ChatGPT into its products prioritizes privacy and security, with a focus on on-device data processing and robust privacy protections built into the integrations.