Prediction: The Vision Pro isn’t Apple’s ace in the hole for 2024; Siri is about to evolve BIG time (with generative AI)،
It's March, but there's no Apple March event as usual. Is Apple so focused on its VisionPro helmet, that most of its other products suffer from it?
I do not believe that this is entirely the case, and not only that, but I doubt that VisionPro This is the only surprise that Apple has in store for us for 2024.
As we reported recently, Siri's big AI transformation could be announced at WWDC 2024.
Indeed, Siri, Apple's virtual assistant present on iPhones since 2011, could finally catch up with the competition; maybe even surpass it this year. Here's my take on why this is a huge deal and where it may take us, based on what we know so far…
The new Siri 2024 could benefit from ChatGPT-type conversational capabilities; real understanding of written and spoken words, not just basic commands and keywords? Image generation might also happen!
Siri has become a bit more conversational lately, now listening for other commands after the initial command and trying to understand and connect the dots between them, but it's still quite behind more advanced virtual assistants like Alexa and Google Assistant. There are several reasons for this, the best known being the fact that Apple chooses not to collect as much data from its users (and therefore train Siri on it) as the companies behind these other assistants, which has an impact limited on Siri.
However, reports now indicate that Apple is actually spending millions per day to train its own language model called Ajax, which according to Information (via The edge) “is more powerful than ChatGPT.”
Not only that, but Apple's next Siri update (hopefully) will also be able to recognize and even generate images for you, much like what Microsoft's Copilot (among others) can already do today. 'today.
For the uninitiated, you can basically tell these AI assistants any ridiculous thing that comes to mind, like “generate an image of the Pope wearing a puffer jacket” and they will attempt to do it. We've all seen the fake image in question, haven't we?
Certainly, AI models have since received some limitations; many of them are no longer allowed to generate images of real people, or potentially offensive images in general. Which, judging by Google's AI sparking controversial discussions recently, is a pretty difficult task to pull off.
In any case, we can assume that Apple will handle things more gracefully, which means that it will likely hugely limit what the new advanced Siri can generate, or let's say, in an extreme effort to be as innocuous as possible , to the potential. price of limited functionality.
But more importantly, we hope Apple manages to maintain its privacy-focused image even after introducing this massive new ChatGPT-like update for Siri.
The new advanced Siri will have a big place on the Apple Vision Pro! Warning: futuristic speculation…
Tim Cook, Apple CEO
I recently published an editorial titled “Having a Conversation with Your AI Phone: Why It's the Future, and Simply Exciting.” In this paper, I've tried to explain why conversational AI is an amazing thing to have and use, if not a little strange.
If the above-mentioned reports turn out to be true, and Apple actually delivers Siri ChatGPT-like (and supposedly even more powerful) features, we'll suddenly have intelligent conversational AI built into millions of iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks. users. .
Conversational and generative AI will suddenly become much more than just a tech enthusiast that a niche group of people can tinker with. It's exciting to see where this goes, although, again, it's a little worrying.
But I digress, here's the thing: a powerful new Siri with intelligent conversation capabilities, as well as image recognition and generational capabilities, will fit perfectly into Apple's vision for the future: the Apple Vision Pro AR/VR headset.
For now, the VisionPro is arguably just a clunkier iPad presented in a different way, but with far fewer apps. It is a promise; Apple is just testing the waters.
But imagine this idea years from now – when it inevitably morphs into thinner, lighter AR glasses, with a built-in, always-on intelligent virtual assistant that can not only see everything you see, but also recognize and understand it .
It can converse with you, help you navigate the world, recognize and search the Internet for anything that passes your sight (for example, a nice car drives by and you want to quickly check its model and price), and who knows what else.
Certainly, this vision probably lies a little further in the future at 2024, but slowly and surely – its foundations are coming to fruition before our eyes.
This year, Apple could finally catch up, and maybe even surpass the competition, with its own, hopefully more private and trustworthy AI language model, and it's a big step toward that vision.
In any case, what do you think? Disturbing or exciting? Do you think Apple will surprise us with a massive Siri update this year?
