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Apple Unveils Apple Intelligence Across iPhone and Mac Apps

The system-level AI will automate everyday tasks in core apps, routing heavier model work to private or third-party cloud services to preserve speed and privacy.

Overview

  • Safari will automatically group open tabs by topic, keep adding related tabs as you browse, monitor pages for user-specified changes with a Notify Me feature, and generate custom page-modifying extensions from plain-language prompts.
  • Passwords can detect weak or compromised logins and update them with one tap by having Safari sign in and replace credentials on supported sites to simplify account security.
  • Shortcuts now builds workflows from natural-language requests so users can describe a task and the app will create the automation for them without manual step-by-step setup.
  • Phone gains Call Context that surfaces relevant info from a user’s device during a call, and Photos/Image Playground add more photorealistic generation, object-level editing, an expansion tool, and Spatial Reframing to reposition subjects in older shots.
  • Apple says the features use a hybrid model that runs smaller AI on-device and sends heavier inference to Private Cloud Compute or partner clouds, and most capabilities will roll out as previews, betas or developer APIs with staged release plans.