Apple has announced plans to integrate AI, including ChatGPT, into its mobile and desktop operating systems, as well as its Siri personal assistant.

Dubbed ‘Apple Intelligence’, the plan will see its devices gain new abilities, such as being able to understand and create language and images, take action across apps and draw from personal context to simplify and accelerate everyday tasks.

The new features could be particularly useful in educational settings, where they will allow users to tidy up notes taken during meetings or seminars. A ‘Rewrite’ tool can alter text for use in specific situations, such as a presentation or a meeting.

Apple has long positioned itself as an advocate for privacy online, but maximising the utility of AI as a personal assistant relies on understanding personal context. The firm said Apple Intelligence will make as much use as it can of ‘on-device processing’ so that requests are only sent to the cloud when necessary.

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