Apple is developing its own large language model (LLM) that runs on-device to prioritize speed and privacy, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reports.
Writing in his “Power On” newsletter, Gurman said that Apple’s LLM underpins upcoming generative AI features. “All indications” apparently suggests that it will run entirely on-device, rather than via the cloud like most existing AI services.
Since they will run on-device, Apple’s AI tools may be less capable in certain instances than its direct cloud-based rivals, but Gurman suggested that the company could “fill in the gaps” by licensing technology from Google and other AI service providers. Last month, Gurman reported that Apple was in discussions with Google to integrate its Gemini AI engine into the iPhone as part of iOS 18. The main advantages of on-device processing will be quicker response times and superior privacy compared to cloud-based solutions.
Apple’s marketing strategy for its AI technology will apparently be based around how it can be useful to users’ daily lives, rather than its power. Apple’s broader AI strategy is expected to be revealed alongside previews of its major software updates at WWDC in June.
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Game emulator apps have come and gone since Apple announced App Store support for them on April 5, but now popular game emulator Delta from developer Riley Testut is available for download. Testut is known as the developer behind GBA4iOS, an open-source emulator that was available for a brief time more than a decade ago. GBA4iOS led to Delta, an emulator that has been available outside of…
Last September, Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro models debuted with a new customizable Action button, offering faster access to a handful of functions, as well as the ability to assign Shortcuts. Apple is poised to include the feature on all upcoming iPhone 16 models, so we asked iPhone 15 Pro users what their experience has been with the additional button so far. The Action button replaces the switch …
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Everyone loves BBQ season… except perhaps the poor person stuck tending the grill. A new wave of smart grills looks set to change all of that, but Brisk It’s Origin is one of the first we’ve seen to use generative AI as a cooking assistant. One whose attention won’t wane, and who won’t get tipsy and burn the sausages as the afternoon wears on.
The design offers automatic temperature adjustment, achieved via a selection of heat probes and a PID algorithm. Set a desired temperature and it’ll manage the fuel for you, to keep your food cooking at a stable temperature, with no tinkering required.
For the ultimate in hands-off hosting, the Origin comes with a range of presets – so you can press a button and leave it to do its thing, whether that’s searing steak at super-hot temperatures or going low-and-slow for pulled pork.
(Image credit: Brisk It)
This smart grill can learn your personal preferences and respond to what the brand intriguingly refers to as ‘unexpected surprises’. We’re assuming things like temperature swings, rather than, for example, the dog running into the BBQ and setting fire to the garden, but we have asked Brisk It to clarify.
If you prefer to be more involved, you can also control the Grill It Origin yourself. Similar to the likes of the Ninja Woodfire Pro Connect XL (which ushered our Lifestyle Ed into her grill master era), it comes with a companion app that provides real-time updates and notifications and can be used to control the grill without having to hop up from the table every 10 minutes. You can even ignite it remotely.
(Image credit: Brisk It)
It’s entirely fueled by wood pellets, so expect that authentic smokey flavor that can be missing with gas or electric BBQs. The Origin-580 Grill is big enough to fit four chickens, five rib racks, or four pork butts and there’s an even bigger Origin-940 option if you’re feeding a bigger party (or have very hungry friends).
There’s mention of the Origin taking care of pre-cook prep, although reading between the lines, we think that just means it’ll walk you through the steps required. It’s not quite advanced enough to be getting your meat out of the fridge and whipping up a marinade. Yet.
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Brisk It says there are more AI features in the pipeline, with upgrades available over the cloud. But if the current feature lineup is enough to convince you that a Brisk It should be part of your summer plans, their Origin-580 is currently $150 off at Home Depot, taking the price down to $699.
Smarter BBQing
Although it’s still pretty rare, this isn’t the only smart BBQ to dabble in AI – Seer Grills won an Innovation Award at this year’s CES for its AI-powered Perfecta grill. That one looks a little less like a grill and a little more like a futuristic multi-cooker that someone has dragged outside (and it’s electric/gas-powered, so no smokey flavor from pellets), but its functions are undoubtedly impressive.
The gadget senses the thickness of your food and promises fully automated, dual-sided cooking, in double-quick time (a burger in a minute and a half! A pizza in under three minutes!). Either way, it looks like we could be heading for a far less labor-intensive future when it comes to BBQing.
From self-driving cars to AI agents and transformative drug discovery, humanity is entering a fourth industrial revolution – one powered by artificial intelligence.
Nations around the world have taken notice. Harnessing generative AI promises massive socioeconomic, cultural and geopolitical benefits, yet modernizing a government’s ability to enable and improve its AI capabilities requires creating nationwide accelerated IT infrastructure on a level as basic and critical as energy and water grids. Countries that fail to invest in sovereign AI not only risk being left behind by their more AI-literate counterparts but also resign themselves to dependency on other countries for a 21st century critical resources.
Keith Strier
Vice President of Worldwide AI Initiatives at NVIDIA
What is an AI factory?
While the first industrial revolution brought us coal-fired factories to make work more efficient and the telegraph to empower wider communication, this latest revolution is spurred by the most computationally demanding task to ever face humanity – generative AI. Generative AI enables users to quickly create new content based on a variety of inputs, such as text or images. Because of the massive amounts of data this entails, our current computing infrastructure simply won’t suffice. European nations must prioritize the creation of sovereign AI infrastructure to meet demand. In practice, this means the creation of AI factories.
At a basic level, an AI factory is where data comes in and intelligence comes out. It’s an entirely new generation of data center that uses a full-stack accelerated computing platform to perform the most intensive computational tasks. Much like heavy machinery is needed to refine raw materials into more useful resources, substantial computing power is required to turn enormous amounts of raw data into intelligence. The AI factory will become the bedrock of modern economies across the world.
Currently, the world’s most powerful supercomputers are clustered, with the majority of AI computing power in prestigious universities, research labs and a handful of companies. This landscape prevents many nations from creating generative AI that takes advantage of valuable local data to understand the local language and its nuances. The Future of Compute Review, commissioned by the UK Government, found that for the UK to project its global power as a science and technology leader, it needed to ensure its own sovereign computing capability.
Cooperating with national champions
The sovereign AI race is already underway. Japan, India and Singapore have already announced plans to construct next-generation AI factories. While these countries are enjoying a head start, the race is far from over. Real progress is already starting to be made in Europe, as the European Commission has recently announced its support for a network of AI factories.
However, governments are unable to power this new industrial revolution alone. Generative AI development on this scale requires vast resources in material wealth and technical skills, so partnering with the private sector will be critical to success. Every country already has its own strong domestic sector, filled with local technology champions. Making the most of their expertise and capabilities is the first step to success.
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The telecommunications industry is one such industry that is well-positioned to support generative AI infrastructure efforts by evolving into AI factories. Leading telecom operators, such as Orange in France or BT and EE in the United Kingdom, are trusted service providers with large in-region customer bases. The demands of the telco industry have prepared these companies to effectively assist the generative AI infrastructure revolution. Telcos are already used to intensive investment and infrastructure replacement cycles, such as recent rollouts of 4G and 5G solutions. Moreover, they have access to secure, high-performance distributed data centers located close to large metropolitan areas, which helps to combat latency issues.
If Europe is to sit in the driving seat of the latest industrial revolution, rather than just be a passenger, European countries must make AI infrastructure investment an absolute priority.
A new understanding of sovereignty
Although we are in the midst of a generative AI boom and interest keeps growing, development and deployment tools remain limited in terms of their accessibility. Most, if not all, of the most popular AI tools are primarily available in the English language. In a geographical area as culturally and linguistically diverse as Europe, AI tools need to be accessible to all – not only those who happen to speak English. Making this a reality means using local data, implementing local languages and, most of all, bringing the translation capabilities to do so within one’s own borders.
Changing the perception of sovereignty to include computing power is no small feat and is certainly not achievable without action. The shift to sovereign data centers both preserves cultures and native languages in AI tools and ensures that GenAI applications can function accurately within their specific context. But it will require generational investments and ongoing support. The AI infrastructure that tomorrow’s economies will be built upon simply does not exist yet, and those who begin building first will stand to have the most to gain.
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Tools such as ChatGPT can level the field for scientists who are English-language learners.Credit: Alamy
In 2015, Hana Kang experienced a traumatic injury that damaged the left hemisphere of her brain, disrupting her facility for language and ability to process abstract thoughts. She spent the next six years rebuilding her memory, recovering basic mathematics skills and relearning Korean, Japanese and English. In 2022, she returned to finish her bachelor’s degree in chemical biology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Today, Kang works as a junior specialist at the university’s Center for Genetically Encoded Materials. She uses mobility aids and an oxygen concentrator to manage her chronic pain — physical tools that are essential to her well-being. But no less meaningful are the generative artificial intelligence (GAI) programs she turns to each day to manage her time, interact with peers and conduct research. Kang struggles to read social cues and uses chatbots to play out hypothetical conversations. These tools also help her on days when fatigue clouds her thinking — by transcribing and summarizing recordings of lectures she attends, gauging tone and grammar, and polishing her code. “Without these tools, I’d be very lost, and I don’t think I could have done what I’ve managed to do,” she says.
Ready or not, AI is coming to science education — and students have opinions
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools — including chatbots such as ChatGPT, image generators such as Midjourney and DALL-E, and coding assistants such as Copilot — have arrived in force, injecting AI into everything from drafting the simplest grocery list to writing complex computer code. Academics remain divided over whether such tools can be used ethically, however, and in a rush to control them, some institutions have curtailed or completely banned the use of GAI. But for scientists who identify as disabled or neurodivergent, or for whom English is a second language, these tools can help to overcome professional hurdles that disproportionately affect marginalized members of the academic community.
“Everybody’s talking about how to regulate AI, and there’s a concern that the people deciding these guidelines aren’t thinking about under-represented individuals,” says Chrystal Starbird, a structural biologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She recently turned her attention to how GAI can support diversity, equity and inclusion. “We have to make sure we’re not acting from a place of fear, and that we’re considering how the whole community might use and benefit from these tools.”
Friend or foe?
Shortly after OpenAI in San Francisco, California, released ChatGPT in late 2022, primary and secondary schools around the United States started banning chatbots amid fears of plagiarism and cheating. Universities worldwide soon followed suit, including institutions in France, Australia, India, China, the United Kingdom and the United States. Ayesha Pusey, a mental-health and neurodivergence specialist at a UK disability-services organization, learnt that some of her students were facing disciplinary action for using GAI. Pusey, who identifies as autistic, dyslexic and otherwise neurodivergent, uses these programs herself and says that although they can be used to cheat, they’re also invaluable for structuring her life. “I’ve had a lot of success just budgeting my time, down to the recipes I cook for myself.”
Three ways ChatGPT helps me in my academic writing
Indeed, using chatbots as a kind of digital assistant has been game-changing for many scientists with chronic illnesses or disabilities or who identify as neurodivergent. Collectively, members of these groups have long shared experiences of being ignored (see Nature Rev. Chem.7, 815–816; 2023) by an academic system that prioritizes efficiency — stories that are now backed by data (see go.nature.com/3vuch31) .
For those who struggle with racing thoughts, it can be challenging to settle the mind when working. Tigist Tamir, a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and uses chatbots — including a program called GoblinTools, developed for people who are neurodivergent — to turn that inner chatter into actionable tasks and cohesive narratives. “Whether I’m reading, writing or just making to-do lists, it’s very difficult for me to figure out what I want to say. One thing that helps is to just do a brain dump and use AI to create a boiled-down version,” she says, adding: “I feel fortunate that I’m in this era where these tools exist.”
By contrast, people including Pusey and Kang are more likely to struggle when faced with a blank page, and find chatbots useful for creating outlines for their writing tasks. Both say they sometimes feel that their writing is stilted or their narrative thread is muddled, and value the peace of mind that AI gives them by checking their work for tone and flow.
An AI-generated visualization of a woodland clearing described in the novel I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe.Credit: Kate Glazko generated using Midjourney
The usefulness of these tools extends beyond writing. Image generators such as OpenAI’s DALL-E allow Kate Glazko, a doctoral student in computer science at the University of Washington in Seattle, to navigate her aphantasia — the inability to visualize. When Glazko encounters a description in a book, she can enter the text into a program to create a representative image. (In February, OpenAI also announced Sora, which creates videos from text.) “Being able to read a book and see a visual output has made reading a transformative experience,” she says, adding that these programs also help people who cannot use a pencil or mouse to produce images. “It just creates a way to quickly participate in the design process.”
Levelling the field
Academia can also be a hostile place for scientists who are English-language learners. They often spend more time reading, writing and preparing English-language presentations than do those for whom English is their first language1, and they might be less inclined to attend or speak at conferences conducted in English. They are also less likely than fluent English speakers to be perceived as knowledgeable2 by colleagues, and journals are more likely to reject their papers (see Nature620, 931; 2023).
Could AI help you to write your next paper?
Daishi Fujita, a chemist at Kyoto University in Japan, was educated in Japanese. Before GAI, Fujita says, “My colleagues and I would often say how we wished we could read papers in our mother tongue.” Now, they can use ChatPDF — a chatbot that answers users’ questions about the contents of a PDF file — alongside speech recognition and translation tools such as Whisper and DeepL to smooth the reading process. Particularly for literature searches or when researching unfamiliar topics, Fujita uses GAI programs to define words in unfamiliar fields and to quickly gauge whether a paper might be helpful, saving hours of work.
Generative AI can also be useful for structuring professional communications, allowing English-language learners to worry less over how their words might be perceived. María Mercedes Hincapié-Otero, a research assistant at the University of Helsinki who grew up speaking Spanish in Colombia, relies on GAI not just to structure and proof research papers, but also to draft e-mails and job applications. Passing her text through ChatGPT to check grammar and tone “helps make things a little more fair, as people like me often need to put more time and energy into producing writing at the required level”, Hincapié-Otero says. “I might ask someone to check, but if there’s no one available at the time, this becomes a great alternative.”
Similarly, Fujita has started using chatbots to help to structure and proofread his peer-review comments. Peer review is already more laborious for scientists who are English-language learners, Fujita says, but because of the small size of his field, there’s also the risk that he could be identified by his writing style. “As a native speaker, you can feel when a comment is written by a non-native speaker,” he explains.
Towards a better world
As much as GAI has been a boon for accessibility, it can also perpetuate existing biases. Most chatbots are trained on text from the Internet, which is predominantly written by white, neurotypical men, and chatbot outputs mirror that language. Kieran Rose, an autism advocate based in the United Kingdom, says that for this reason, he never uses AI to change his style of writing. “I absolutely see the usefulness of AI,” he says, but “I don’t apologize for how I communicate”.
Jennifer Mankoff, a computer scientist at the University of Washington, together with Glazko and other researchers, investigated the potential risks in a 2023 study3 in which scientists with disabilities or chronic illnesses tested GAI tools. Mankoff, who has Lyme disease and often experiences fatigue and brain fog, says that chatbots have proved helpful for tackling tedious tasks, such as collating a bibliography. But she and her co-authors also flagged instances in which chatbots returned ableist tropes, such as ChatGPT misrepresenting the findings of a paper to suggest that researchers speak only to caregivers and not to those receiving care. One co-author struggled to generate accurate images of people with disabilities: the results included disembodied hands and prosthetic legs. And although GAI programs can parrot rules for creating accessible imagery — such as providing the best colours for graphics that can be read by people with visual impairments — they often cannot apply them when creating content.
Claire Malone uses AI for dictation.Credit: Claire Malone
That said, GAI can also bring joy to peoples’ lives. Speaking to Nature, scientists shared stories of using the software to create knitting patterns, recipes, poetry and art. That might seem irrelevant to academic research, but creativity is a crucial part of innovation, Mankoff says. “Particularly for creative tasks — ideation, exploration, creating throwaway things as part of the creative process — accessibility tools don’t have all of the capabilities we would want,” she says. “But GAI really opens the door for people with disabilities to engage in this space where interesting advancements happen.”
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Claire Malone, a physicist turned science communicator based in London, is working on a science-fiction novel and uses AI to transcribe her thoughts through dictation — something she couldn’t do even a year ago. Malone has mobility, dexterity and speech conditions because of cerebral palsy, but in 2022, she discovered an AI tool called Voiceitt that transcribes atypical speech and integrates with ChatGPT. Whereas before she could type at six words per minute, “if I dictate, I can write at the pace that I speak”, she says, adding that the tool has been “transformative” in her work and personal life. In a LinkedIn post (see go.nature.com/3ixrynv), Malone shared how she can now get away from her desk and dictate text whenever inspiration strikes.
As for Kang, she’s started using GAI to re-engage with her creative and social outlets. Before her accident, Kang often wrote fiction and graphic novels, and she has started to do so again using ChatGPT and image generators. She’s also rebuilding her social life by hosting house parties and using ChatGPT to generate conversation topics and even jokes. Using chatbots to inject humour back into her relationships has helped her to reconnect with friends and break the ice with strangers, she says. “Humour feels like such an unimportant thing when you’re trying to rebuild a life, but if you can afford to be funny, it feels like you’ve succeeded.”
Galaxy AI was the most important talking point of the Galaxy S24 series. It is a collection of AI-powered software features that simplify your daily tasks. Galaxy AI was exclusive to the Galaxy S24 for a couple of months, but it has been released to other high-end devices with the One UI 6.1 update.
Let us see how you can use Generative Edit to improve image editing on your Galaxy smartphone.
How to remove anything from an image using Generative Edit in One UI 6.1
Activate Generative Edit features on Galaxy devices
You have to turn on the Generative Edit feature to take advantage of AI-powered image editing features on Galaxy devices. To do that, follow the steps below.
Open the Settings app and navigate to Advanced Features.
Now tap on Advanced Intelligence, scroll down, and tap on Photo Editor.
Turn on the toggle and tap OK on the pop-up menu.
Remove anything from your images
You can remove any unwanted objects or people in your images using Generative Edit on Galaxy phones and tablets. For example, you might want to remove people walking in the background in a photo you captured. You can also remove unwanted objects like stones or garbage. To do that, follow the steps below.
1. Open the image in your stock Gallery app and tap the Edit icon at the bottom of the screen.
2. Draw around any person or object in the image using your finger.
3. Now, press and hold your selection, and two options will appear on the screen: Undo and Delete.
4. Tap the Delete icon and press the Generate button at the bottom of the screen.
5. After a few seconds, the phone will display the edited image. You can press the Done button if you are satisfied with it. If not, you can go back and redo the edit.
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Correct images with improper alignment
Sometimes, when you’re in a hurry, you tend to capture images with poor angles. Such images are usually not well-aligned horizontally or vertically, and they end up looking bad. If you change the angle of those images, you may have to crop in a lot. Thankfully, with Generative Edit, you can correct their alignment without losing out on the large parts of that image.
Follow the steps below to correct images with crooked angles:
1. Open the Gallery app and open the image whose alignment you want to correct.
2. Tap the Edit button below the image and then click on the blue-colored Generative Edit button on the bottom left corner of the screen.
3. Now, adjust the Slider at the bottom to reach your desired alignment angle. Now, tap on Generate.
4. The edited image appears after a few seconds. If you’re satisfied with the quality, click the ‘Done’ button. If you are unsatisfied, you can go back and re-edit it.
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Move objects from one image to another
If you want to move any object or person from one image to another image, follow the steps explained below:
1. Open the image from the Gallery from which you want to move a person or an object.
2. Press and hold the person or object you want to move. A context menu will appear. Tap the Copy option in that menu.
3. Now, go back and open the image to which you want to move that object or person.
4. Press and hold your finger anywhere on that image. The Paste option will appear. Tap on Paste and move/resize the pasted object or person to your liking.
5. Now, you can choose between two options: Save and Save As Copy.
If you want to keep edited and original copies of the image, choose the Save As Copy option (located in the three-dot menu). If you want to keep only the edited image, tap on Save.
There are other AI-powered image editing options in One UI 6.1, and you can watch them in our video above.
Bixby’s never really been my smart home voice assistant of choice, and I’d wager that’s the same for most smart home enthusiasts. Much like Apple’s Siri, Bixby is more of a nice-to-have for those already in the wider Samsung ecosystem, lagging behind in terms of features and functionality when compared to the likes of Google Assistant and Alexa.
That could all be about to change, however. During this week’s series of global launch events, Samsung announced that Bixby is about to get a whole lot smarter, thanks to Generative AI.
What will a boosted Bixby look like?
We don’t know much at this stage, with only a brief Bixby segment during Samsung’s presentation, but it was enough to spark my interest. In addition to engaging in natural conversations, the next-generation Bixby will be able to use Generative AI to understand multi-layered commands and retain contextual information to help your smart home run smoother.
To demonstrate, Samsung explained that users will be able to ask Bixby to “turn on the AC to Wind-Free mode, and let me know how the weather is”, which would generally require two separate requests on most voice assistants.
Additionally, users will be able to ask Bixby to “turn off the air purifier”, pause, and then follow up with “oh, and the TV, too,” with the voice assistant recalling the first request and applying the context to the latter to turn off the TV.
Is this enough to save Bixby?
Since Bixby launched seven years ago, it’s not had an easy run. It has struggled to differentiate itself from Google Assistant, which is built into all Android phones including the best Samsung phones, and as we’ve seen from the slow death of Siri, closed-ecosystem assistants face an uphill battle in today’s world of connected devices, even with the rise of Matter.
While I’m not expecting Apple to announce anything major until WWDC, with rumors swirling about Siri’s new AI potentially even surpassing ChatGPT, it does surprise me to see Samsung beat both Apple and Google to the punch and announce Bixby’s boost so soon.
Given how many of Samsung’s large appliances are smart home-compatible and come with Bixby built in, this is significant not only in the battle for who can create the smartest voice assistant, but also a decisive move from the Korean conglomerate to stake its claim on smart home technology specifically.
None of Samsung’s major competitors are known for manufacturing appliances, let alone smart ones. Samsung, in contrast, is embracing this opportunity in a big way – but they’re pricey products that will take a while to hit the mass market.
Only time will tell which voice assistant will rise to the top. And while I’m not quite ready to put my money on the underdog Bixby, it’s far too soon to discount Samsung’s AI endeavors.
The rumored Nothing Phone 3 could switch back to Qualcomm chips and use a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 to help power onboard generative AI features, according to 91mobiles’ “industry sources who work closely with Nothing.”
This suggests that we could see something more powerful than the recently launched Nothing Phone 2a. This aligns with the idea that the Phone 3 will offer near-flagship performance while maintaining Nothing’s reputation for making affordable phones. After all, both the Nothing Phone 1 and Phone 2 used slightly older hardware and some speculation pointed to Phone 3 following suit.
Snapping up Snapdragon
Unveiled in March, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip is designed for affordable flagship phones. It integrates advanced AI features such as on-device generative AI and intelligent photography tools, which can fill in missing details from photos. While it shares technology with the premium Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 used in this year’s best Android phones, the more modest Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 offers slightly less power.
It could also provide Phone 3 with improved battery life depending on the battery size due to the more efficient 4-nanometer technology from TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co).
However, the addition of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip would provide a significant boost in performance compared to both Phone 2 and Phone 2a. It features a Cortex-X4 core clocked at 3GHz, three performance cores reaching up to 2.8GHz, and four efficiency cores at 2GHz. This will place the chip between the 8 Gen 2 and 8 Gen 3 in terms of performance.
If the rumor is true then Nothing won’t be the only one taking advantage of the new Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip as Honor and Xiaomi will also be using it in some upcoming phones that are yet to be announced.
The insider sources also claim that the phone will be released around July and will cost around 40,000 Rupees, which is approximately £380 / $479 / AU$737. This seems unlikely as it would put the proposed Nothing Phone 3’s price very close to the Nothing Phone 2a, which was $349 / £319 /AU$675, and make it cheaper than the Nothing Phone 2’s release price of $599 / £579 / AU$1,049.
This all coincides with Nothing posting a teaser for an unidentified product showing a frog jumping over a Beatle and promising “a big leap.” Another post clarifies slightly by saying “Want to hear more? Don’t miss our next Community Update,” which will be 18 April 2024.
This could refer to a new phone, but it’s more likely it could point to another audio product like the Nothing Ear 2 earbuds or headphones.
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Apple has yet to reach a generative AI partnership with Chinese company Baidu, according to a China Daily report citing sources familiar with the matter. Some earlier reports said the two companies had finalized an agreement following discussions. It is possible that the negotiations are still ongoing, but this is not confirmed.
If the partnership does happen, Baidu would likely power some of iOS 18’s rumored generative AI features in China only. Generative AI models must receive approval from the Chinese government, and Baidu’s Ernie chatbot is permitted in the country. Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbots are not available in China.
Apple has reportedly held similar generative AI partnership discussions with Google and OpenAI for the U.S. market, and likely other countries.
Apple has repeatedly teased that it has generative AI announcements to share later this year, and this likely refers to iOS 18. The software update is rumored to include new generative AI features for a range of iPhone features and apps, including Siri, Spotlight, Apple Music, Health, Messages, Numbers, Pages, Keynote, Shortcuts, and more.
iOS 18 will be previewed at Apple’s developers conference WWDC in June, so we’re just a few months away from learning about the company’s plans.
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iOS 18 will feature a revamped Home Screen that is “more customizable,” according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. He revealed this information in his Power On newsletter today, but he did not provide any specific details. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Apple will announce iOS 18 at its annual developers conference WWDC in June. Other features and changes rumored for…
We’re getting closer to the launch of new iPad Pro and iPad Air models, while rumors about iOS 18 are continuing to ramp up with this week’s surprise revelation that Apple has been talking to Google and others about potentially helping power the generative AI features expected to be a major part of this year’s update.
Other news this week saw the release of iOS 17.4.1 and iPadOS 17.4.1 updates with bug fixes, but we’re still awaiting an update to address some of the problems introduced in macOS 14.4 earlier this month. We’ve also been continuing to keep our eye on the iPhone 16 lineup due in September and upcoming AirPods updates, so read on for details on all of these stories!
iOS 18: Apple in Talks With Google to Bring Gemini AI Features to iPhone
iOS 18 is widely rumored to include new generative AI features for Siri and a range of built-in Apple apps on the iPhone, including Messages, Apple Music, Health, Shortcuts, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and others.
Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 16 series in September.
macOS Sonoma 14.4: Reasons Not to Update
Since Apple unveiled macOS Sonoma 14.4 earlier this month, the transition to the latest software update has not been entirely smooth for everyone, and a number of issues have been reported by users that significantly impact their daily workflow.
If you anticipate that any of these problems could significantly impact your daily operations or productivity, it may be prudent to delay updating to the latest version of macOS Sonoma until Apple addresses these concerns with a subsequent fix.
The MacRumors Show: Apple’s Four Upcoming AirPods Models
On the latest episode of The MacRumors Show podcast, our hosts Hartley Charlton and Dan Barbera discussed circulating rumors on four upcoming models of AirPods, including two variants of fourth-generation AirPods, a very minor refresh of the AirPods Max, and next-generation AirPods Pro.
Last week’s episode saw Dan and Harley discussing whether the next-generation iPad Air models will be a big enough upgrade for customers. Apple is expected to release a larger 12.9-inch iPad Air, but no major design changes are expected for the mid-range tablet. Key new features expected include the M2 chip and a landscape front camera.
MacRumors Newsletter
Each week, we publish an email newsletter like this highlighting the top Apple stories, making it a great way to get a bite-sized recap of the week hitting all of the major topics we’ve covered and tying together related stories for a big-picture view.
Apple has held discussions with Baidu about using the Chinese company’s generative AI model to power some of the iPhone’s rumored generative AI features, according to The Wall Street Journal. As previously reported, Apple is also said to have held similar discussions with Google and OpenAI, the company behind the popular ChatGPT chatbot.
If these partnerships move forward, it is likely that Baidu would power some of Apple’s generative AI features in China, while other companies like Google or OpenAI would serve as partners in the U.S. and other countries. China requires generative AI models to receive local regulatory approval, and Baidu’s Ernie chatbot is on the approved list, but Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbots are not available in the country.
Apple has repeatedly teased that it has generative AI announcements to share later this year, and this likely refers to iOS 18. The software update is rumored to include new generative AI features for a range of iPhone features and apps, including Siri, Spotlight, Apple Music, Health, Messages, Numbers, Pages, Keynote, Shortcuts, and more.
iPhone 16 models are rumored to feature an upgraded Neural Engine with “significantly” more cores, which could result in some of iOS 18’s generative AI features being exclusive to those models. iPhone 15 models have a 16-core Neural Engine.
iOS 18 will be previewed at Apple’s developers conference WWDC in June, so we’re just a few months away from learning about these generative AI plans.
Apple’s iPhone development roadmap runs several years into the future and the company is continually working with suppliers on several successive iPhone models concurrently, which is why we sometimes get rumored feature leaks so far ahead of launch. The iPhone 17 series is no different, and already we have some idea of what to expect from Apple’s 2025 smartphone lineup. If you plan to skip…
The next-generation iPad Air is now reportedly shipping to the United States and other countries in preparation for launch. The rumor comes from the leaker known as “Instant Digital,” who claims that manufacturers in China are now shipping the 2024 iPad Air in two sizes to overseas locations. “Everything is ready” for launch, the Weibo user says. The sixth-generation iPad Air is rumored…
Apple’s new iPad Pro models with OLED displays will likely begin shipping to customers in April, according to information shared today by Ross Young, CEO of display industry research firm Display Supply Chain Consultants. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman also said the new iPad Pro models might not ship until “deeper” into April in his Power On newsletter on Sunday:I’ve repeatedly said that new…
iOS 17.4.1 and iPadOS 17.4.1 should be released within the next few days, with a build number of 21E235, according to a source with a proven track record. MacRumors previously reported that Apple was internally testing iOS 17.4.1. As a minor update for the iPhone, it will likely address software bugs and/or security vulnerabilities. It is unclear if the update will include any other changes. …
Apple is widely expected to release new iPad Air and OLED iPad Pro models in the next few weeks. According to new rumors coming out of Asia, the company will announce its new iPads on Tuesday, March 26. Chinese leaker Instant Digital on Weibo this morning 日发布%23″>claimed that the date will see some sort of announcement from Apple related to new iPads, but stopped short of calling it an…
Since Apple unveiled macOS Sonoma 14.4 on March 7, the transition to the latest software update has not been entirely smooth for everyone, and a number of issues have been reported by users that significantly impact their daily workflow. This article lists the most prominent challenges users have faced since updating to macOS Sonoma 14.4, and offers potential solutions where available. USB…
Apple today released iOS 17.4.1 and iPadOS 17.4.1, minor updates to the iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 operating systems. The new software comes a couple of weeks after Apple released iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4 with app changes in the European Union, new emoji, and more. iOS 17.4.1 and iPadOS 17.4.1 can be downloaded on eligible iPhones and iPads over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software…
Apple plans to maximize the display size on the upcoming iPhone 16 series by using a new ultra-thin bezel technology, claims a new report out of Korea. According to Sisa Journal, Apple will use Border Reduction Structure (BRS) technology to minimize the bezel at the bottom of the display. BRS achieves this by rolling up the internal copper wiring into a more compact package. Apple…
Apple’s next-generation iPad Pro models will be offered with a matte display option for the first time, according to the Weibo leaker known as “Instant Digital.” The Weibo user explained that the iPad Pro’s new matte display option will be offered in addition to the standard, glossy glass finish. It apparently features -4° to +29° of haze and may tout some kind of blue-light blocking…