Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2 & Apple Vision Pro is the gadget of the year on the AppleInsider Podcast

With this week's OS updates, Apple Intelligence is truly here, with more to come. Plus Apple is again or still in trouble for what's it done and what it hasn't, all on the AppleInsider Podcast.

Of course we've still more Apple Intelligence to come, and in particular the much-awaited series of improvements to Siri. But now that iOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2, not to mention iPadOS 18.2, it feels as if Apple Intelligence has truly arrived. And the first thing it did was bring down OpenAI's ChatGPT servers because of the demand.

So anecdotally, it looks as if a lot of iPhone, Mac and iPad users are at least trying out Apple Intelligence. The question now will be whether they find it useful, or whether it only has that brief new toy kind of appeal.

But at least you can listen to three new Apple Music radio stations while you try to get Image Playground to make an accurate, okay reasonable, okay recognizable avatar of yourself. And while you read about the new lawsuits that are trying to get Apple to bring back its abandoned CSAM plans, or to do something more about deepfakes.

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Links from the Show

• Wedding banned - Apple Watches not welcome at fashionista's ceremony
• Apple Music Radio taps big talent for three new stations
• Apple's iOS 18.2 release brings Image Playground to the iPhone
• New Genmoji ad showcases creations that definitely were not made with Apple Intelligence
• Adobe Lightroom, Balatro+ honored in Apple's App Store Awards
• Apple's iPhone 17 Slim is a wrongheaded approach that ignores what people really want
• New iPhone 17 rumors point to a radically different rear camera layout
• Congress asking Apple and other big tech what they're doing about deepfakes
• Apple's ongoing modem push rumored to result in cellular MacBooks
• Apple plans three-year rollout of its self-made iPhone modem, starting with iPhone SE
• Apple has reportedly approached Sony to partner on Apple Vision Pro controllers
• Analysis: Apple Vision Pro sells well, but needs more content faster
• Half of Apple developers have doubts about making Apple Vision Pro apps
• Apple Vision Pro named innovation of the year, beating transparent TVs and AI cheese
• Apple sued over 2022 dropping of CSAM detection features
• Congress asking Apple and other big tech what they're doing about deepfakes
• The death of a robot designed for autistic children proves Apple's on-device AI is the right path

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