By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Website owners have a simple mechanism to tell Apple Intelligence not to scrape the site for training purposes, and reportedly major platforms like Facebook and the New York Times are using it.Future expansions to Apple Intelligence may involve more AI partners, paid subscriptionsApple has been offering publishers millions of dollars for the right to scrape their sites, as opposed to Google which believes all data should be freely available to train AI large language modules. As part of this, Apple honors a system where a site can just say in a particular file that it does not want to be scraped.That file is a simple text one called robots.txt, and according to Wired, very many major publishers are choosing to use this to block Apple’s AI training. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple has blocked some developers from using Sign in with Apple, after a report discovered popular sign-in tools have been used by websites providing harmful AI image undressing services.Legitimate examples of Sign in with AppleWhile Apple Intelligence and other generative AI efforts often offer legitimate and ethical ways to change an image for users, some go the opposite way. The rise of deepfakes has led to a cottage industry of sites that lets users submit photographs and have the AI digitally remove the subject’s clothes.The sites, referred to as undress or “nudify” sites, can enable abuse, and are a problem for tech companies. Wired reports that sign-on infrastructure from tech giants are being used on the sites, including Sign in with Apple. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) A new option in the latest macOS Sequoia developer beta allows users to install Mac App Store downloads on external drives, and run the apps from there.Apple’s original ad for the Mac App Store in 2011It’s a seemingly small change to the third macOS Sequoia developer beta, but it’s significant, and it follows a previous attempt to deal with apps and their storage requirements. From the first beta of macOS Sequoia, Apple revised app installations so that during the install, they no longer require twice the storage space of the app itself.Now if users turn on the option in the Mac App Store, larger apps will automatically download to a nominated location instead of straight into the regular Applications folder. Specifically, if an app is larger than 1GB, it will download to that external drive. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) The ten-year legal battle between Apple and the University of Wisconsin may finally be over, with the university denied its latest attempt to regain half a billion dollars from the iPhone company.Apple’s A7 processor is among the ones included in the University of Wisconsin’s patent caseThe suit filed originally in 2014 concerned the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, as well as a number of iPad models. According to the university’s patent division, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), Apple infringed on its 1998 “predictor circuit” in its A7, A8, and A8X processors.Apple denied the claim, saying that its processors worked differently to the method described in the patent. Nonetheless, in 2015, a Wisconsin jury found Apple guilty, and initially WARF was awarded $234 million. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) It may be very few days until Apple unveils iPhone 16 to the world, but new rumors about iPhone 17 Pro Max suggest that the on-device Apple Intelligence will get a big boost with 12GB of RAM.Renders of iPhone 16 Pro Max, which may be similar to iPhone 17 Pro MaxApple has heavily emphasized its commitment to Apple Intelligence as the near future of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac platforms. While the 2024 iPhone 16 series will focus on AI for all, it seems iPhone 17 will have a device built to push operating boundaries.According to a post on X from supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is looking to offer exclusive features for iPhone 17 Pro Max. Those include 12GB of RAM and vapor chamber cooling. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Marko Zivkovic) On Wednesday, Apple released the third developer betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1. Here’s everything you need to know about the updates and features they add.Apple has released its third round of developer betas for 2024, which include new Apple Intelligence featuresApple’s latest round of developer betas introduces support for two key Apple Intelligence features — a new Clean Up tool for the Photos app, and an option for notification summarization. Both of these features were officially previewed at WWDC in June but have only now been made available to beta testers.It’s worth pointing out, however, that both of these features — notification summarization as well as the new Clean Up tool — are only available on devices that support Apple Intelligence. This means that an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, an iPad or Mac with an M1 or newer chip is required to use any AI-related features. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) The latest developer beta of iOS 18.1 brings with it Clean Up for Photos, an Apple Intelligence feature that can remove unwanted elements from photographs.Photos Clean Up in iOS 18.1One of the main features of Apple Intelligence at the time of its announcement was the ability to use AI to remove items from photos. On Wednesday, it finally became something developer beta testers could try out.Included in the developer betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18., the Photos feature is available within the Photos app. It appears as a new option when you go to edit a photograph, with the name Clean Up. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Hawaii has now joined as the seventh state to approve the use of driver’s licenses and state IDs stored on the iPhone and Apple Watch through the Apple Wallet app.Hawaii residents can sign up to add their ID to the Wallet AppIn 2020, Apple revealed its intention to let iPhone users store their passports, driver’s licenses, and state IDs on their devices. Four years later, only a select few states have embraced this feature, though it seems to be gaining traction.Hawaii is now the seventh state to do so, following California’s gradual rollout that began in mid-August, and Ohio’s implementation that took place in July. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple has moved on to the eighth round of developer betas for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, tvOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and visionOS 2, as the public release looms around the corner.Apple releases new developers betas for iOS 18 and the restThe eighth round comes after the seventh, which landed on August 20, while the sixth was brought out on August 12. The fifth round landed on August 5, while the fourth round was issued on July 23, though Apple did roll out a minor update to the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 builds on July 26.The betas in this group are for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, tvOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, along with visionOS 2. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple has moved on to the third release of its Apple Intelligence developer betas, with new builds of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 testable by developers.Examples of Apple Intelligence at work. The third developer betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 are on a second beta track alongside those that will arrive in the fall. That first beta track includes iOS 18, iPadOS 18, tvOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11, and visionOS 2.The third round replaces the second round, which arrived on August 12, while the first round of the betas landed on July 29. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
