Apple will reportedly unveil these AI features at WWDC 2024
Apple is working on introducing an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered notification summarization feature when it unveils iOS 18 at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024, according to a report. The Cupertino-based tech giant is likely to unveil several “practical” AI features when it hosts its annual developer-focused event on June 10. Another planned feature will reportedly make Siri more conversational as the AI will be able to add natural and emotive speech to the virtual assistant. Apart from these, AI functionality could also make its way to Apple’s Safari, Photos and Notes apps.
Apple to upgrade Siri with AI features
AppleInsider reports that the tech giant is planning to upgrade Siri in a big way by incorporating AI capabilities. The publication, citing people familiar with the matter, states that Apple has internally dubbed its AI initiatives project Greymatter and that it is working on introducing a feature called “Greymatter Catch Up.” It’s essentially a notification summary feature, but the publication claims it will work through Siri.
Siri will also be better able to handle complex commands, the report claimed. It is said to get a new smart response framework and an on-device large language model (LLM) that understands the context of a request and adapts its responses. The report also expects the language to be more conversational with the addition of the LLM.
Another area of focus for Apple is integrating AI features into existing apps to make the user experience smoother. For example, an earlier report claimed that the Safari browser could get a web page summarization feature.
This could be similar to the features offered by Google’s Gemini and Microsoft’s Copilot. In addition, a Web Eraser feature could also be introduced that can remove any element from a web page, including banner ads, images and text.
The Photos app could also get an AI tool called ‘Clean Up’, which is said to offer users ‘Photoshop-quality’ editing capabilities. The feature can reportedly remove any unwanted background objects from the image.
An AI-based real-time audio transcription feature could also be added to the Notes app. A report detailing the feature claimed that users will be able to read, edit, copy, and share these transcriptions later. To make it easy to catch up on long transcriptions or notes, a text summary feature is also being added to the Notes app.
These in-house AI features are reportedly being powered by Apple’s Ajax LLM, but the company is keeping details about this under wraps.
