Reading up on Apple Intelligence

AI agents will divide into personal assistants that act on users' behalf under their name, and virtual employees that own independent accounts and responsibility.

David Bushell reports that macOS 27 removed the toggle to disable Apple Intelligence, re-enabling data collection despite his prior opt‑out, highlighting ongoing consent violations in AI features.

macOS 27 Golden Gate makes Apple Intelligence mandatory, adds refined Liquid Glass UI, drops Intel Mac support, and increases storage demands despite under-the-hood refinements.

The author argues that despite LLMs' prevalence and purported benefits, individuals are ethically and practically justified in rejecting their use.

Google’s latest phone integrates AI for tasks like grocery ordering and photo taking, but users question whether they actually want these features.

Apple announced a new Siri AI powered by Apple Intelligence, expanded child safety features, and performance improvements across iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27.

Apple and Google have transformed push notifications from a simple delivery pipe into an on-device AI-edited channel that summarises, reorders and deprioritises content, mirroring the intermediation that email underwent a decade earlier.

Apple released a Python SDK for accessing the on-device foundation model powering Apple Intelligence on macOS.