
Speaker 1: After this week's historic WWDC, we have entered a new era of Apple computing, the era of AI. And it will divide Apple users in ways never before seen. Let me explain with cake. This week we saw the birth of Apple Intelligence. Happy birthday to Apple AI. It also just so happens to be my birthday week. I am officially as old as the Macintosh. I grew up with Apple computers and have been thinking about what computing at this point will be like going forward. [00:00:30] It will be radically different and not at all what I wanted. This year we will witness a huge division of Apple users. We will see that only those with the most expensive iPhones or the newest devices will be able to use it. The rest of us will not be able to use it. And some will find it useful, while others will find it boring or annoying. And there will be people who don't like this deal that includes chat. Speaker 1: GPT has always been in Siri. Is Apple having a midlife crisis to make a deal? [00:01:00] Doing something like this with an outside company? Am I an older generation Apple user shaking my fist at iCloud? Am I having a midlife crisis? Well, one thing is clear: Apple is shoving this in our faces, whether we like it or not. Let's take a look at the big changes that are coming. So, grab a glass of milk. I'm Bridget Carey. Here's another one. Thank you. Oh, and let's talk about the iPad. The iPad now has a calculator. [00:01:30] Apple's generative AI is called Apple Intelligence. It creates content and pulls data based on user instructions, but it'll only be found in Apple's top-end products, meaning it'll only work with the 17 Pro chip and iPhone 15 Pro models, as well as the M-series iPad and Max. It can do a lot, but it can also connect the dots between different tasks and make suggestions, like advise you if a work meeting overlaps with a play your daughter sent you to see. [00:02:00] It uses maps to give you directions to places and tells you if you'll make it to an event on time. Speaker 1: Siri is a big part of this system. It has a new look. Say goodbye to the glowing orb. Siri is now the whole phone. It glows along the borders of the screen and Siri is smart enough to understand if you stumble or ask a follow-up question. Speaker 2: What's the weather like tomorrow at Meia Beach? Oh, wait, I meant Meia Woods. Speaker 1: You can ask Siri something that was said in a text message you got a while ago. [00:02:30] You can read previous posts or view photos from your library based on objects that were in your snapshots. The system has a writing tool that works across apps. It summarizes your email without you having to open it. It tells you which notifications should be at the top of your stack. But the AI that everyone uses right away creates the funniest images. There's one called Gen Moji, where you can ask it to create any kind of emoji you want, even one that looks like a friend. And there's one called Image. [00:03:00] Playground. A place where you can make your friends look like cartoons. If your friends send you messages and you can't reply to them, you'll be tempted to buy the latest iPhone so you don't feel left out. Speaker 1: If you think no one will upgrade to do something stupid like this, you forget how many people feel peer pressured by green text message bubbles. What I find interesting is that the images you can create in Image Playground are not realistic. Since everything is cartoony, Apple can make sure their products are not made to look like cartoons. [00:03:30] People may post misleading photos that lead to fake news and misinformation. There's a reason why Apple calls it a playground. Don't take it too seriously. This is just a tool for playing. There are many questions about how this will work. For example, what are the limits to what you can create with Apple's AI? Of course, you won't know what it can do without trying it, but Apple has big promises about privacy, so it will allow more people to get their hands on AI. Apple will look at your personal data to create this generative AI, [00:04:00] Speaker 1: Well, everything that's created will be kept private, and if the processing can't be done on the device itself, it will be secured on servers in the cloud. Apple says it's created a new private cloud computing standard by not storing data. Customers have to trust Apple, but Apple has brought in security experts to verify its claims. It also helps that Apple already has a good track record for protecting data and keeping it private. [00:04:30] They value privacy because they make their profits on hardware and products, not on ads and data. This one has a slightly unexpected twist for Apple and us, the users: Apple is partnering with Chat GPT. If you ask a question that can't be answered without broader information from the web, Siri will ask if you want to bring your question from Apple's private garden into Chat GPT. Speaker 1: People can already use Chat GPT apps, but with this twist Apple [00:05:00] No Chat GPT account required, just ask Siri and it will be sent. And Chat GT machines are flooded with iPhone users who have never downloaded the app before. This whole system gives millions of iPhone users a different way to dip their toes into generative AI, but it also helps lead us into a post-app world. Just talk to the computer and ask for answers, and it will understand what you mean by connecting. [00:05:30] It passes data between different apps. Hello, computer. It takes some getting used to, but switching between programs may become as obsolete as using a mouse, especially as Apple allows third parties to connect to its Siri assistant. Speaker 1: What will Siri connect to next, and how will that impact the way we use computers for the next generation? Not all Apple talk this week is about generative AI. [00:06:00] The highlights of iOS 18, iPad OS 18, and the new Mac OS is Sequoia, all of which will be released in the fall and will be coming to many older Apple devices. One more thing, one more thing. A quick list of the big news outside of Apple Intelligence: AI, AirPods can answer or reject calls based on how you nod or shake your head; iPhone can hide apps so that no one can see them for totally unsuspecting reasons; you can control where your app icons are placed and make them all the same color. [00:06:30] This will be fun for people who organize their bookshelves by book color. Speaker 1: What's actually useful is that you can schedule text messages to go at specific times. So you don't want to surprise them by texting them in the middle of the night. But you can also make the text look funny by animating it in a silly way. I do this a lot. Apologies in advance. You can send money to someone's Apple Wallet with tap-to-cash, but let's be honest, everyone will still use Venmo. The iPad makes handwriting look better with Smart Script, but I like to see it. Make sure you fix the scratches on your report, because you can't even read it. [00:07:00] It was the most impressive. The iPad has a calculator and a feature called Math Notes, where you write down complex equations and it calculates them and draws interactive graphs. I think the calculator app was worth the 14-year wait. Speaker 1: Now it's time to start a new chapter in using AI wisely. We will continue to point out mistakes to hold these technology companies in check. There's no turning back now, but let me know if WWDC was what you wanted. If you have any questions, let me know in the comments. [00:07:30] We'll do our best to address this in next week's episode. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss another one every Friday. Thanks for watching. Now let's get this over with. I don't want to waste this prop.