Tech giant Apple on Wednesday rolled out major updates to its artificial intelligence offerings that integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into its native applications, including Siri, on the iPhone.
In a notable shift for the privacy-focused company, Apple has partnered with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its Writing Tools and Siri virtual assistant, allowing users of the latest iPhone or iPad to access the AI chatbot without leaving Apple's ecosystem.
The move, first announced in June, marks Apple's most significant push into generative artificial intelligence, as the company aims to compete with rivals Google and Samsung, who have already integrated similar AI features into their Android-operated devices.
Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2022, Apple has been seeking to persuade doubters on its AI strategy, after Microsoft and Google rolled out products in rapid-fire succession.
The ChatGPT features fall under the iPhone maker's "Apple Intelligence" system, which also includes an AI-powered image editing tool called Image Playground and an emoji generator dubbed Genmoji.
Apple is initially rolling out the new AI functions to six English-speaking countries including the United States, Australia, Canada, and Britain.
The company plans to add support for 11 more languages throughout the year, starting with an April software update.
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Yrral
Why has AI not won the lottery
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Lotteries are random. You can buy a 'random' ticket for most. AI can probably pick a bunch of random numbers if you ask it to. It would have the same chance as you.
Computers use a quasi-random generator that is effectively random for this, and people were writing programs to do that in BASIC in the 1980s.
AI is not really artificial intelligence but the parsing of a text request and a great deal of searching, editing and (most likely) thesaurus use. The computer has no conception, knowledge or understanding of anything it is asked about. It isn't thinking and it isn't intelligent. It's a modern take on the smoke and mirrors of fairground attractions.