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June 10, 2024, 7:25 PM

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A recording of Apple's 2024 WWDC keynote  —  Watch the WWDC24 keynote introducing Apple Intelligence, personal intelligence designed to be helpful and relevant to you.  Other exciting updates are coming with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11, and visionOS 2.
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Apple unveils Apple Intelligence on macOS and iOS, with system-wide tools for writing and making “totally original” images, custom task orchestration, and more  —  Apple Tuesday unveiled Apple Intelligence, its long awaited, ecosystem-wide push into generative AI.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Apple plans to bring ChatGPT to Siri and its other apps later in 2024; users will be asked before questions are sent to ChatGPT and don't need an OpenAI account  —  Apple is bringing ChatGPT, its AI-powered chatbot experience, to Siri and other Apple apps, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 and other generative AI models.
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
Apple says Apple Intelligence is free and works with iOS 18 on iPhone 15 Pro, and macOS 15 and iPadOS 17 on devices with M1 or up; Vision Pro is not supported  —  Apple at WWDC today announced Apple Intelligence, a deeply integrated, personalized AI experience for Apple devices …
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple updates Siri, powered by Apple Intelligence: more personal, on-screen awareness, a new API for third-party apps, and more, coming “over the next year”  —  Apple today unveiled a new version of Siri, that it promises is more natural and helpful.  The new Siri is powered by Apple Intelligence generative AI models.
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple unveils iOS 18, adding more Home Screen customization, a Dark Mode for app icons, an updated Control Center, scheduled send for Messages, and more  —  iOS 18 has officially been announced.  The update includes new home screen customization, improvements to dark mode, and more.
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Apple says Messages will support RCS in iOS 18, replacing SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices, but gives few details  —  The long-awaited day is here: Apple has announced that its Messages app will support RCS in iOS 18.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Apple unveils macOS Sequoia, with iPhone mirroring, audio streaming, and notifications even while the iPhone is locked, Safari AI-powered highlights, and more  —  macOS got a few noteworthy upgrades at Apple's WWDC 2024 in Cupertino.  The latest version is macOS Sequoia.  —  One of the biggest is iPhone mirroring.
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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple unveils visionOS 2, with a higher-res, ultra-wide Mac Virtual Display option later in 2024, regular photos gaining spatial depth, new gestures, and more  —  As part of its WWDC announcements, Apple unveiled visionOS 2, the first major software update for the Apple Vision Pro headset.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Apple plans to release Apple Vision Pro in China, Japan, and Singapore on June 28 and then Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the UK on July 12  —  Apple said today at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) that it is making its Vision Pro headset in eight new countries, including China …
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI hires Sarah Friar, the former CEO of Nextdoor, as its first CFO, and former Instagram and Twitter product chief Kevin Weil as its chief product officer  —  The artificial intelligence startup hired two execs with experience managing large social media platforms.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Mandiant, which is helping Snowflake investigate its recent cyber attacks, says the two companies have notified ~165 organizations of potential exposure  —  Security researchers say they believe financially motivated cybercriminals have stolen a “significant volume of data” …
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Apple announces watchOS 11, adding a training mode that analyzes personal workout data, live activities, a new Vitals app, new safety features, and more  —  Apple just announced watchOS 11, the latest version of its smartwatch platform, at WWDC 2024.  Developers will be able to start tinkering …

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