The state of Apple Intelligence: iOS 18.1, new Macs, and the iPad Mini

The first pieces of Apple Intelligence are showing up on people's phones. The features in iOS 18.1 are pretty simple: grouping messages, writing emails, and the like. However, Apple is already letting developers play with iOS 18.2, which looks like a much larger update. Meanwhile, the company is about to launch a range of new M4-powered, AI-focused Macs and this week launched the iPad Mini. There's a lot going on at once, and there's a lot that makes sense.

Then we come to the other news in the world of AI. Anthropic has developed a model that can use your computer for you, which is both cool and terrifying, and is also the main goal of virtually every company in the AI ​​space. Humane has made its AI Pin cheaper, is working on licensing its operating system to other companies, and has some big questions to ask. Perplexity has been criticized for copyright reasons. Watermarking AI images still doesn't work. It's all a lot.

If you'd like to learn more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started, starting with Apple AI:

And in the lightning round:

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