Apple's iOS 18 AI will be on-device preserving privacy, and not server-side

Key point:

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> the initial set of AI-related features Apple plans to debut with iOS 18 "will work entirely on device." I

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> While more advanced features will ultimately require an internet connection, basic text analysis and response generation features should be available offline.

Keyword: "should"

> And, the hallucination problem has only gotten worse, as AI models feed on content generated by other AI models.

They state this as a fact, but I haven't seen this yet.

Could that speed up the rate of obsolescence of older iOS devices? You need to go to 12+ Pro to get more than 4GB of RAM.

Older devices can keep working without additional features and get the latest iOS still. I think there were several phones that got upgraded to the latest iOS without Siri for eg.

I'm not holding my breath for it to be less cringe than Gemini

Sure, what could go wrong?

What really could go wrong? Why would you be against local processing of data?