Before you splurge on new Apple hardware to use the latest AI features, check out how you can accomplish some of the same AI-assisted tasks on the phone you have.
After ChatGPT’s launch in November 2022, nearly every company joined in on the AI craze — except Apple. Two years later, at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in June, Apple unveiled a collection of AI features called Apple Intelligence. While they look impressive (and certainly are), many of the new features have been done before by OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Next month, Apple’s software updates will bring generative AI capabilities to iPhones, iPads, and Macs. However, OpenAI already unveiled major upgrades to the free version of ChatGPT in May, and the similarities to what Apple Intelligence will do are worth noting.
The Apple Intelligence updates will be free, but the full experience will only be available on iPhones with the A17 Pro chip or above, which currently only includes iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPads and Macs with the M family of chips, and of course, the iPhone 16 lineup announced earlier this week at Apple’s iPhone 16 launch event.
Instead of spending thousands of dollars rushing to upgrade to the newest Apple devices or waiting until next month when these features drop, you should check out ChatGPT first. OpenAI’s free chatbot has many of the same features coming to Apple Intelligence.
With Apple Intelligence, Writing Tools will be built into the Apple devices to help rewrite, proofread, and summarize text.
