Apple WWDC 2024: Unveiling the Future of AI Integration

At WWDC 2024, Apple unveiled groundbreaking features that elevate their ecosystem. Integration with Apple Intelligence enhances user experiences, while AI finds unexpected applications, even in beauty pageants.

All this and more in today’s newsletter

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• At WWDC 2024, Apple unveiled several software-related announcements, emphasizing AI integration across its operating systems and apps. Key highlights include iOS 18, macOS 15, watchOS 11, and the introduction of “Apple Intelligence,” which enhances Siri’s capabilities and aims for a more natural and personalized experience¹². The event showcased RCS support, a new Passwords app, and a revamped Calculator app, all infused with AI features

• Apple is introducing a new feature called App Lock that allows users to lock or hide specific mobile apps on their iPhone. With App Lock, you can conceal sensitive apps within a hidden folder, providing an extra layer of privacy and security. Whether it’s your banking app, messaging service, or any other app, you can now keep it protected from prying eyes with this convenient feature.

• Elon Musk threatened to ban Apple devices from his companies after Apple announced a partnership with OpenAI. Musk called the collaboration “an unacceptable security violation.” As part of the partnership, Apple’s voice assistant Siri will be able to tap into OpenAI’s generative chatbot, ChatGPT.

• “Miss AI” is the world’s first AI beauty pageant, featuring digital personas competing for the crown. Think dazzling algorithms, killer chatbot pickup lines, and tech skills. No swimsuits, just pixel-perfect glamour. Stay tuned for the online awards ceremony—it’s like the Oscars, but with more binary code!

Healthcare AI Tools

• Woebot Health : An end-to-end enterprise solution that increases access and improves business outcomes

• Be My Eyes : Connect blind and low-vision users who want sighted assistance with volunteers and companies anywhere in the world, through live video and artificial intelligence

• YourDoctor AI : The generative AI assistant to give you health advice.

• AweMyFace : Skincare coach, A clear face for healthy skin

• X-ray Interpreter : Save time and money with AI to make quick radiology decisions at home, without waiting for the doctor in the hospital.

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