Apple Intelligence, introduced in iOS 18 and macOS Sonoma, is an AI-powered suite of features that can answer questions, review and summarize text, generate images, and more. It uses Apple's on-device and online language models, and when unable to answer a query, it can prompt the user for permission to ask ChatGPT. It also offers enhanced language capabilities, new ways to express visually, and an improved Siri experience.
Apple Intelligence will first be available later this year as part of the iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia updates4. It will be available in US English for iPhone 15 Pro, and iPad and Mac models with the M1 chip or later. The company says that the features will be available in more languages over time.
Apple Intelligence prioritizes privacy with on-device processing, keeping personal information secure. Private Cloud Compute allows for larger server-based models while protecting user privacy6. Users control when ChatGPT is used and must give permission before any information is shared. Apple's partnership with OpenAI maintains privacy measures, including obscured IP addresses and no request storage by OpenAI.