by Joe Rossignol
iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 will include “a host of new artificial intelligence features,” according to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman this week.
Apple also explored AI-powered features that would allow users to automatically create playlists in Apple Music and presentation slides in the Keynote app. the report says. Other apps rumored to get deeper AI integration in iOS 18 include Health, Messages, Numbers, Pages, and Shortcuts, with more likely to come .
On an earnings call this month, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company was working on generative artificial intelligence and would share details “later this year.” Apple is expected to announce iOS 18 at its annual WWDC developer conference in June, with the update expected to be released in September. Some new AI features, to be announced later, may be exclusive to the iPhone 16 models, which are rumored to receive a “significantly” upgraded Neural Engine.
In addition to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, Gurman said Apple plans to add several new artificial intelligence features to macOS 15 and the Xcode app development tool.
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