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In the latest MacOS I noticed "Remove Background" as an option when editing photos in Photos app. It's like magic. AI for everyone.

it’s in many places on macOS and iOS.

The Lock Screen on iOS , safari, photos, keynote, shortcuts etc…

I don’t think there’s API access though which would be really handy.

I think this only applies to photos with depth information, right?

Nope. Works with any image in the Photos app.

I don't remember the steps, but its either in a menu or you can press and hold the foreground object to make a "cut out" of it and paste it in a different app. https://youtu.be/qX82kIaRNKA?t=15

Nope. This works on any old picture you can view. Just as the text highlight in a picture is also os wide. Just background AI processing. It’s very neato

Well both seem to use u2net for removing backgrounds so almost literally the same thing.

It is possible to directly copy an object out of an image in Photos on iOS.