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AI Diary: Visual Intelligence first impressions leave me excited for the future

Visual Intelligence first impressions leave me excited for the future | Correctly identifying a bottle of wine

I know, it’s just a developer beta, and if anyone from Apple asks then my Visual Intelligence first impressions are purely offered in the context of its future potential. But I have to say that trying it leaves me excited for that future.

The actual Apple Intelligence part is currently relatively limited. In most cases, you get a choice between asking ChatGPT to describe to you what you are seeing and a Google search …

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AI diary: Call transcription and summary feature is a work in progress, but has huge potential

Apple Intelligence call transcription and summary | In-call UI shown

After first trying out the new Siri capabilities, and exploring the new Writing Tools, next in line for me on the Apple Intelligence front was the new call transcription and summary feature.

This was a feature I’d been keen to try, not least because it could completely transform the experience of interviewing someone by phone …

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AI diary: The first Siri improvements are a modest start

The first Siri improvements are a modest start | Screengrab of new UI

The first developer beta of the first Apple Intelligence features launched this week, which includes a few early Siri improvements – together with an extremely pretty new interface. Although I’m in the UK, I was able to use this approach to get access.

Since Apple will be calling all the new features a beta when it launches, what we are currently able to test is effectively the very first beta of a beta product – so expectations should be set accordingly …

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