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  • Some Apple Intelligence Features Likely to Require Paid Subscription

    From Andrew@andrew@spam.net to misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.system on Monday, July 01, 2024 15:36:08
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    Some Apple Intelligence Features Likely to Require Paid Subscription https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/01/apple-intelligence-features-likely-paid-sub/

    Not only is the highly (rather brilliantly) advertised Apple AI only
    available in iOS 18 and even then, only on the most expensive iPhone ever
    sold, but Apple AI won't even work in the real world (surprise!).

    As with almost everything Apple, nothing actually works in the real world
    when you look deeper than just Apple's (brilliant) superficial advertising.

    Gurman said that while Apple Intelligence will be free to start, Apple's long-term plan is to launch something like "Apple Intelligence+," with
    extra features that users pay monthly fees to access.

    Making its own AI features another services revenue stream should allow
    Apple to compensate for the slowing pace of hardware upgrades and make the company less reliant on hardware tweaks to drive its business, argues
    Gurman.

    Apple is also expected to receive a cut of revenue whenever a user signs up
    to features offered by its AI partners, such as ChatGPT provided by OpenAI.

    Gurman says he expects Apple to agree a deal with Google and Anthropic to
    offer their AI services through its devices, with the former expected to be announced when Apple Intelligence launches in the fall as part of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia.

    Meanwhile, Apple is said to be seeking partnerships for the Chinese market, where ChatGPT and other similar AI services are not available.
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  • From Alan@nuh-uh@nope.com to misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.system on Monday, July 01, 2024 08:43:59
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    On 2024-07-01 08:36, Andrew wrote:
    Some Apple Intelligence Features Likely to Require Paid Subscription https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/01/apple-intelligence-features-likely-paid-sub/

    Not only is the highly (rather brilliantly) advertised Apple AI only available in iOS 18 and even then, only on the most expensive iPhone ever sold, but Apple AI won't even work in the real world (surprise!).

    Wow. Such a simple job and you can't do it.

    1. "is". Apple Intelligence ISn't currently available. So you verb in
    that sentence should have been "will" and "be". As in:

    "Not only WILL the highly (rather brilliantly) advertised Apple AI only
    BE available"

    2. It won't "only" be availabel in iOS 18, as macOS Sequoia will also
    support it.

    So your final clause can be ignored.


    As with almost everything Apple, nothing actually works in the real world when you look deeper than just Apple's (brilliant) superficial advertising.

    What part of of "rumor" in "macrumors.com" do you not understand?


    Gurman said that while Apple Intelligence will be free to start, Apple's long-term plan is to launch something like "Apple Intelligence+," with
    extra features that users pay monthly fees to access.

    Even the rumour talks about additional features, so you concede there
    are features that will be free.

    You're really...

    ...not bright.
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