New Delhi: Apple is expected to infuse AI into core apps such as Safari, Photos, and Notes, as part of the so-called ‘Project Greymatter’. The AI system will use a combination of on-device AI and cloud-based AI, depending on how demanding the feature is. The features that require more computing power will be pushed to the cloud. According to a report in Bloomberg, the AI-enhanced features coming to iPhones and MacBooks are:
- Enhanced Notifications
- Transcribe voice memos
- Retouch photos using AI
- More reliable searches in the Spotlight feature
- Improved Safari web searches
- Suggestions for replies to emails and text messages
- More natural interactions for Siri
- AI enhancements for developer tools, including Xcode
- More advanced Siri for Apple Watch
- Generative emoji based on what users are texting
- Summaries for everything: Missed notifications, text pages, web pages, documents, notes and other media
- Integration with ChatGPT from OpenAI
The Google Pixel Phones have many of these features, with the AI photo retouching now being rolled out to all Google Photos users, even those with iPhones. Just last week, Microsoft introduced the Timeline feature to Windows, allowing users to quickly locate windows or documents that they have worked on before, showing a recap of all activity on the device.
Apple is attempting to catch up
Apple is lagging behind competition when it comes to AI, with Google, Microsoft, and Facebook all leading when it comes to capabilities and research, as well as products that have been released in the wild. Previous reports had indicated that there were changes coming to Pages and Keynote as well, with Apple investing over one billion dollars every year to integrate generative AI into its devices, services, and apps.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a great track record has indicated that the Apple iPhone 16 lineup will not be the series with aggressive AI integration. Instead, Apple will be looking to introduce powerful, AI-infused devices in the market in 2025, with the iPhone 17.
The article originally appeared on News Nine.