Apple’s The spread of artificial intelligence (AI) is said to be long and slow.
As Bloomberg News reported on Sunday (June 16), Apple IntelligenceIt won’t be available for developers to test until late summer, the tech giant announced last week.
That means it won’t be part of the first beta releases of Apple’s new operating system updates, and will only arrive as a preview this fall. It will only work on some devices and only in American English, and customers may have to be put on a waiting list to try them, the report said.
Bloomberg noted that Apple’s strategy here — which offers a roadmap of what will happen later this year or early next year without foreshadowing the features that will come this fall — marks a change for the tech giant.
Apple has debuted its own features in the past World Creators Conference (WWDC) sometimes had to delay features for a fall release. Here, Apple hints that its latest technology won’t follow a strict schedule.
The report states that this approach has several advantages. For example, it simplifies staffing because it can assign its engineers to certain functions, release that technology when they are done, and then move them to other functions.
And starting off With American English, Apple gets more time to train its AI models about in other languages, the report says it’s a big deal.
Meanwhile, PYMNTS wrote last week that Apple’s new AI efforts “will transform the way consumers interact with their devices and, more importantly, how they shop.”
If Apple gets its way, users’ iPhones will know their shopping preferences and predict their next purchases. Apple Intelligence will be able to analyze their browsing history, purchasing patterns and social media activity.
Experts say the company is also trying to change the way businesses interact with customers. With OpenAI’s ChatGPT integrationApple devices will soon be able to respond to customer inquiries and fulfill orders and even offer product recommendations.
“As consumers become accustomed to handling more tasks with AI, their reliance on AI for day-to-day activities and decision-making will increase. This can shift consumer expectations towards more automated and intuitive services.” Yi Fang, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Director of Responsible AI School of Engineering at Santa Clara Universitytold PYMNTS.
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