WWDC 2024: Apple unveils new artificial intelligence system for iOS 18 and macOS 15 in its “keynote” | Technologies

Apple’s major competitors such as Google and Microsoft raised eyebrows last month with their latest advancements in artificial intelligence. Now all eyes are on the company from Cupertino, which celebrates this Monday at 19:00 (Spanish Peninsula time) one of the most anticipated events of the year: keynote address Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). While last year the spotlight was hogged by Apple’s Vision Pro, its first mixed reality headset, this time the Apple company is expected to take advantage of Siri’s deep update and its advances in artificial intelligence to speed up everyday tasks. .

As every year, this event will feature new features in the operating systems of Apple phones, computers, tablets and other devices. During the two-hour presentation, company executives will talk about new features in iOS 18, macOS 15, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11 and tvOS 18; perhaps also VisionOS 2 for glasses, which Apple only sells in the US, and may also announce a date when it will start selling them in other countries.

Many analysts had expected Siri’s biggest update to be a common feature across all operating system updates that Apple finally releases in late summer. The voice assistant hasn’t seen any major improvements since its launch in 2011. The Cupertino company’s goal isn’t just for Siri to better understand users and be able to communicate more fluidly with them. They also hope that the assistant will be able to perform more complex tasks, such as deleting emails, editing photos, summarizing news, or creating a GIF of a set of images and then sending it to a contact.

This isn’t the only way Apple intends to speed up tasks. According to major leaks, it may also rely on AI to offer automatic summaries of messages and web pages, as well as real-time transcription in the Notes and Voice Memos apps. It could also bring generative AI to emoji so users can create them on the fly. “This means you’ll suddenly have a whole new emoji for every occasion, beyond the catalog of options Apple currently offers on the iPhone and other devices,” says Mark Gurman, an analyst at the company. Bloomberg

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There are also rumors about a possible partnership between Apple and OpenAI. While this alliance could give birth to a chatbot like ChatGPT on devices like the iPhone or iPad, it also raises some unknown questions. Experts like John Gruber of Daring Fireballnote that this move raises doubts about how this chatbot will work without competing with Siri.

The most anticipated new iPhone products

WWDC is a software event that will introduce new features for iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro or Apple TV. With the arrival of iOS 18, the new operating system for iPhone, users are expected to finally be able to place apps anywhere on the Home screen. Rumors indicate that they could organize applications with spaces between them and even change the color of your icons.

It’s also possible that Apple is referring to a new feature coming in iOS 18 to help prevent motion sickness when using the iPhone. “Research shows that motion sickness typically occurs due to a sensory conflict between what a person sees and what they feel, which may prevent some users from comfortably using their iPhone or iPad in a moving vehicle,” the Cupertino-based company said in a study. This new feature includes animated dots along the edges of the screen that represent changes in the vehicle’s movement to “help reduce sensory conflict.”

Among other major developments expected from WWDC, a new application also stands out. to create and manage passwords, a calculator app for iPad, and a headphone mode for AirPods. In addition, according to the portal, Apple is also planning to add a new hearing test feature associated with these headphones. McRumors.

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