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Safari surfaces web page highlights, summaries and video control

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New Safari features will help you get a lot more out of your visits to websites.
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Apple Let Loose Event:Apple’s Safari web browser will learn a few new tricks across Apple devices, including web page highlights and summaries, as well as better-integrated control of videos online, the iPhone giant pointed out Monday in its Safari updates at WWDC24 section of the Keynote.

ā€œIn this release, we’re making it even better with easier ways to discover content and streamline your browsing. When you’re on a site Safari can now help you discover more about the page with highlights,ā€ said Beth Dakin, Apple’s senior manager, Safari Software Engineering.

WWDC24 predictions: Match wits with us! [The CultCast]

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Who will win this year's WWDC prediction game?
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This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: With Apple’s big Worldwide Developers Conference hurtling at us like an AI-powered hype train, we once again put our professional reputations on the line. That’s right, it’s time to make our WWDC24 predictions.

We’ve got a special wild-card question this time around. And you can play along, if you’ve got the nerve!

Also on The CultCast:

  • iPhone 16 Pro could bring some crazy new display tech.
  • Marvel Studios’ new Vision Pro app is the kind of content Apple’s headset needs. The ā€œI’m a Macā€ guy’s latest PC ad is the kind of marketing the world can do without.
  • Invidia’s stock price overtakes $AAPL as Wall Street goes gaga for AI.
  • We discuss the latest iPhone 16 rumors as well as some last-minute iOS 18 leaks.

Listen to this week’s episode of The CultCast in the Podcasts app or your favorite podcast app. (Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review if you like it!) Or watch the video live stream, embedded below.

All the AI features headed for iPhone, Mac and iPad [Updated]

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New artificial intelligence features are coming to many of the standard iPhone and Mac applications.
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New artificial intelligence features are likely to make iOS 18, macOS 15 and iPadOS 18 the biggest upgrades to Apple’s platforms in many years. Leaks say AI enhancements are coming to most of Apple’s standard apps, helping users write, summarize information, clean up images and more. At their announcement coming at next week’s WWDC24, these will all come under the heading of ā€œApple Intelligence.ā€

Plus, Siri reportedly will get a significant intelligence upgrade.

What to expect at WWDC24: ā€˜Apple Intelligence,’ major iOS revamp and more [Updated]

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WWDC24 starts Monday, June 10 with Apple’s Keynote at 10 a.m. PST.
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WWDC24 kicks off on June 10 but you don’t need to wait until then to find out what’s in store for iPhone, Mac and other Apple computers. Leaks already revealed much of what to expect at Apple’s annual developers conference, at least in broad terms. Here’s your WWDC24 spoiler alert: ā€œApple Intelligenceā€ in the form of AI, AI and more AI.

Here’s what will be on the agenda when Apple unveils iOS 18, macOS 15 and iPadOS 18 next week.

What to expect from major iOS 18 overhaul at WWDC24

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iOS 18 concept video
Generative AI features will almost certainly be the centerpiece of iOS 18.
Concept: Kevin Kall

When it’s unveiled at WWDC24’s Keynote on Monday, the new iOS 18 update — codenamed ā€œCrystalā€ — is expected to be one of Apple’s biggest updates of iPhone software since the handset came out in 2007. Artificial intelligence (AI) should play a big role, along with other new features, redesigned elements and plenty of app updates. See our summary below, with links to Cult of Mac coverage.

Nervous iPhone users won’t have to use Apple’s new AI features

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Apple users could be able to skip the new AI features coming to iPhone and Mac.
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Apple will add an AI chatbot powered by OpenAI to iPhone and Mac, according to an unconfirmed report. But users of these devices won’t be forced to use it.

And that goes for more than the chatbot. Apparently, Apple will give users the option to pass on all the upcoming artificial intelligence features. The company plans to showcase its big AI push at its Worldwide Developers Conference next week.

Master ChatGPT and Midjourney for stunning AI results

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Get ready for AI features coming to iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Get ahead of Apple’s new AI features coming to iPhone, iPad and Mac.
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You don’t need to wait for Apple to ship its rumored AI upgrades to try some similarly magical AI features. You can learn to use AI with this intro bundle that gives you the skills necessary to make the most of two of the most popular generative AI tools around: ChatGPT and Midjourney.

These two services boast astonishing capabilities for working with words and images. However, if you don’t know how to use them properly, you will never achieve the best possible results.

Get ahead of the curve and learn AI with the Introduction to AI: ChatGPT & Midjourney Overview Bundle, available now for just $49.99 (regularly $149.99). You don’t need an AI chatbot to tell you that’s a 66% discount.

iPhone 16 rumors, M4 iPad Pro raves and … Siri+?!? [The CultCast]

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The blue iPhone Pro might be a goner this year.
Photo: Sophia Stark/Unsplash License/Modified by Cult of Mac

This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: First we get into what makes the M4 iPad Pro so fabulous. Then we discuss the latest rumors about iPhone 16 and beyond. And then we ponder the unthinkable: A Siri that’s actually smart!

Also on The CultCast:

  • A preview of the AI features coming soon to iPhone, Mac and iPad. Some of them sound pretty useful, actually. Maybe Tim Cook is onto something. But if Siri really does get a brain boost this year, will we be paying extra for Siri+?
  • Apple Music’s 100 Best Albums list comes to a surprising end. Really, though, it was an impossible task. No way Apple was gonna please everyone. Or, frankly, anyone.
  • Finally, Erfon and Griffin showcase a couple things they’re testing in a new edition of Under Review.

Listen to this week’s episode of The CultCast in the Podcasts app or your favorite podcast app. (Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review if you like it!) Or watch the video live stream, embedded below.

Stop ignoring the power of AI and learn to use ChatGPT

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Stop ignoring the power of AI and learn to use ChatGPT with this $20 course.
Learn the full potential of ChatGPT with this $20 course.
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Artificial intelligence is coming on strong and creating quite a buzz in the tech world. Stop missing out on cutting-edge tech, and start using AI to make your life easier. The Introduction to ChatGPT certification course teaches you how AI can streamline your personal and professional projects.

Typically, lifetime access to this course costs $80. But now you can get it for the best price online, just $19.99.

Siri could get a more conversational voice in iOS 18

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Siri
Will iOS 18 finally deliver the Siri we have always deserved?
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Apple reportedly will make Siri’s voice more conversational in iOS 18. Plus, the voice assistant will gain several ā€œproactive intelligenceā€ features that will help in daily life.

Apple also might collaborate with OpenAI to integrate its chatbot and AI technology into iOS 18.

Siri’s ready for an AI upgrade [The CultCast]

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When will Siri get that long-overdue brain transplant?
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This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: With the many AI-powered features reportedly coming in iOS 18, a Siri revamp sounds possible — and promising! We talk about OpenAI’s startlingly good GPT-4o demos and wonder if Siri will ever amaze us like that.

Also on The CultCast:

  • Who will be Apple’s next CEO? Cupertino reportedly has a couple familiar faces on its short list.
  • New features in iOS 17.5 are … OK. However, some of the accessibility features coming later this year — including Vision Pro-style eye tracking for iPhone — look pretty incredible.
  • Those rumors of future folding iPhones just won’t stop.

Listen to this week’s episode of The CultCast in the Podcasts app or your favorite podcast app. (Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review if you like it!) Or watch the video live stream, embedded below.

This AI tool is the Swiss Army knife of the internet

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This $50 AI tool is the Swiss Army Knife of the internet.
Create content, images and more with a single AI productivity tool that costs less than $17 for life.
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It’s easy to get lost in all the hype around artificial intelligence when really, all we want from AI is all we ever wanted from technology: to get our drudge work done faster and better. That’s precisely what Taskio — a versatile AI productivity tool that can write, generate images and more — can do for entrepreneurs or anyone else who works online.

For a limited time, you can grab lifetime access to the Taskio AI productivity tool for only $16.97 (regularly $540).

OpenAI’s amazing GPT-4o could be the next Siri

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OpenAI GPT-4o
The new OpenAI GPT-4o AI-powered chatbot might be part of iOS 18 and macOS 15.
Image: OpenAI

OpenAI’s GPT-4o, a new version of the company’s artificial intelligence chatbot, is a significant step forward from its predecessors. Demonstrations show the AI interacting with users in ways that seem startlingly human.

Unconfirmed reports indicate Apple and OpenAI are negotiating a deal that would build some version of GPT into iOS and macOS.

Apple using AI to make Siri more useful

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Siri will supposedly start showing some signs of intelligence.
Photo: Cult of Mac/Nadezhda Moryak

Apple reportedly intends to fulfill the hopes of so many iPhone users by giving the Siri voice assistant an upgrade with artificial intelligence. A broad outline of the plan leaked out Friday.

Siri supposedly won’t become a general-purpose chatbot. It’ll be focused on better handling the sort of tasks iPhone users need. Recent reports suggest that Siri on iPhone 15 could see improvements, though the full AI-driven upgrade might take longer to arrive.

Apple preps AI-focused data centers with servers running on its own chips

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Data Center
Some Apple AI tasks might be handled at data centers similar to this one.
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Some Apple artificial intelligence services reportedly will depend on data centers with servers running on the company’s own processors. Less-demanding AI functions will run locally, on users’ own computers.

This is all apparently part of bringing more AI features to iPhone, Mac, iPad, etc., in the coming months.

Create your brand and automate your social media marketing with this AI tool

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Stori is an AI logo generator, branding manager and social media content creator.
Manage all your marketing with Stori.
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Creating a brand and carefully crafting all the necessary marketing materials can take a ton of time, skill and/or dollars. But with Stori, you can get everything you need for one low price, and without advanced degrees in marketing and graphic design. It’s much more than an AI logo generator, though. It’s an all-in-one AI branding tool.

Stori makes it easy toĀ craft, share and manage your brand identity efficiently. That means you won’t need to stay up all night figuring out what a brand identity even is, let alone what yours should be. Normally $1,200, you can get the five-year Stori AI Essential Plan on sale for just $149.99.

Repurpose videos, podcasts and more with this AI tool

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Turn old content into something new with this $150 AI app.
This browser-based AI repurposes content of all kinds, and it's only $150.
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Most generative AI requires a prompt, and then it feeds you back the answer that seems most correct based on the data it was trained on. But Unifire is a content-repurposing AI tool that transforms your existing content into another medium. It can turn video into text and perform other cross-medium miracles.

That means, for instance, you can transform audio into a blog post, or turn a podcast into a LinkedIn post. And right now, you can get a lifetime subscription to Unifire, with 60 generations per month, for just $149.99 (regularly $2,448).

Apple believes in ā€˜transformative power and promise of AI’

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Tim Cook is betting big on AI.
Photo: Andrea De Santis/Unsplash License/Modified by Cult of Mac

CEO Tim Cook is very enthusiastic about the artificial intelligence features coming to iPhone, Mac and iPad. On Thursday, he spoke glowingly about Apple’s unique advantages in this area, and talked about the ā€œtransformative power and promise of AI.ā€

iOS 18, macOS 15 and iPadOS 18 are all expected to include new AI features when they launch this autumn.

AI summaries of YouTube videos and podcasts will save you tons of time

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AI-powered tool TubeOnAI creates YouTube summaries and podcast summaries.
Get all the info you need from your favorite content creators while skipping the boring parts.
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TubeOnAI is a platform that makes it easier to stay abreast of the latest content from your favorite YouTubers and Apple podcasters. This AI-powered summary tool automatically downloads transcripts from your chosen creators. Then it uses GPT-4 to provide YouTube and podcast summaries.

That will save you loads of time, while keeping you from missing out on essential content. To take advantage of this powerful tool, snag a TubeOnAI Premium Lite Lifetime Plan for $78.99 (regularly $224).

AI tax app that can find every deduction is a lifesaver for freelancers

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This $50 AI tax app is a lifesaver for freelancers and can find every tax deduction.
Get FlyFin to let AI do your taxes for you, now only $50.
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The transition to the gig economy has been hard on first-time freelancers for many reasons, but the learning curve is especially steep during tax time. Even in the best-case scenario, taxes are a pain. But when they’re not automatically taken out? You need all the help you can get — and this AI tax app offers plenty!

There’s good news for the self-employed, though. Tax help is possible, no matter what your filing status is, thanks to FlyFin. For a limited time, you can bag a three-year subscription to this AI-powered tax app for just $44.97 (regularly $252).

Expect dismal iPhone sales but hints of AI in Apple quarterly results

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Wall Street thinks Apple is just limping along
Wall Street thinks Apple is about to announce weak results, but AI could bring a turnaround.
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The first three months of 2024 were probably not good ones for Apple. When the company reveals the financial results from its March quarter on Thursday, analysts predict a 5% annual drop in revenue will be one of the announcements.

But part of the reason for weak sales is customers anticipating AI-powered iPhones and Macs later this year. CEO Tim Cook almost certainly will drop hints about what’s coming in a conference call also scheduled for Thursday.

Analysts see hopeful signs even as iPhone sales slide in China

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iPhone sales in China
iPhone sales in China slumped, but momentum could shift in Apple's favor.
Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac

In the first quarter of 2024, iPhone sales in China slid 19.1% compared to Q1 2023. And that’s mainly due to competitor Huawei taking a bigger bite in the premium segment, according to new research. And yet analysts indicated possible signs of recovery for Apple, too.

Apple M4 chips and the rise of AI everything [The CultCast]

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Apple M4 chips will power AI-focused Macs. The CultCast episode 642.
New Apple silicon is incoming, and that means AI-focused Macs.
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This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: A surprise leak about Apple M4 chips says they’ll come sooner than almost anybody suspected. But nobody’s shocked to hear that they will focus on bringing AI capabilities to Macs.

Plus, there’s news of Ferret-UI, a new Apple project designed to help AI understand how humans use iPhones. Apple’s definitely tin a rush to cash in on tech’s biggest buzzword!

Also on The CultCast:

  • With Project Titan abandoned and hopes of an Apple car destroyed, Cupertino goes on a desperate search for its ā€œnext big thingā€ to boost revenue.
  • The new Humane Ai Pin, previously lauded as a potential iPhone killer, is DOA. The first reviews are shockingly bad.
  • And we wrap up with an all-new edition of What We’re Into! Spoiler alert: It’s all sci-fi this time around.

Listen to this week’s episode of The CultCast in the Podcasts app or your favorite podcast app. (Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review if you like it!) Or watch the video live stream, embedded below.

Apple’s Ferret-UI helps AI use your iPhone

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Ferret-UI might help AI systems like Siri understand and work with mobile-device screens.
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Apple’s new Ferret-UI multimodal large language model could help artificial intelligence systems better understand mobile screens like the one on your iPhone, according to a research paper released Tuesday.

Among those potentially benefitting from this? Perhaps the much-maligned Siri voice assistant will do more for you on mobile devices. And maybe visually impaired users and developers who need to do user interface testing will benefit, too.

iOS 18’s generative AI features might use Google Gemini

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Google could power many of iOS 18's AI features.
Concept logo/Graphics: Kevin Kall/Google

Apple could use Google Gemini to power the generative AI features reportedly coming this year in iOS 18. Apple and Google are reportedly in ā€œactive negotiationsā€ about the possibility, but have not yet finalized a deal. If it happens, it would be the first time in years that the two tech giants have collaborated so closely.

Apple also held talks with OpenAI and considered using ChatGPT, according to Bloomberg’s report.