Apple Intelligence may become mandatory in iOS and macOS 27(manualdousuario.net)
23 pointsby rpgbr5 hours ago9 comments
  • CharlesW3 hours ago
    The author missed the big red "Turn Siri Off" button at the bottom of the same preferences window that they're using as proof that it can't be turned off. https://imgur.com/a/hB5fWLS
    • rpgbr35 minutes ago
      Note that the alert isn’t about being able or not to disable Siri. It’s about Apple Intelligence. Those are two different things. You can disable Siri AI and you’ll still have Apple Intelligence in other OS surfaces.
    • 2 hours ago
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    • micromacrofoot3 hours ago
      The new release doesn't gate AI only to Siri
  • pvtmert3 hours ago
    I am 100% sure there will be a `defaults write ...` command and/or a policy setting via Apple Configurator (mobileconfig profile) to disable it completely.

    They will probably push hard on the "enabled by default" part. Since they are literally paying millions to Google...

    • HDBaseT39 minutes ago
      I would assume so too.

      Defaults writes are the basis for MDM deployments. We use Apple School Manager + Jamf and there is a long list of toggles for existing Apple Intelligence functionality, including disabling Siri, this would be a divergence for Apple.

  • sys_647383 hours ago
    Haha not a chance.
  • semiinfinitely3 hours ago
    good thing I decided to never update macos again
  • echelon_musk3 hours ago
    Another reason not to upgrade from 18.
  • lapcat2 hours ago
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    • hoherd2 hours ago
      Maybe the difference is that in iOS 26 you can turn off Apple Intelligence without turning off Siri. That's how I've been running my devices. It'll be unfortunate if I can't continue doing so.
  • tap-snap-or-nap3 hours ago
    EULA spiking
  • xlii3 hours ago
    *not in EU

    ;)

  • micromacrofoot3 hours ago
    of course it is, all the cute little options to toggle off AI are only temporary... it's going to be inextricably baked into systems as time goes on, especially if it's a local model
    • hagbard_c3 hours ago
      Only into systems you don't control. Not into systems you do control unless you want it baked-in. You'd think those frogs would be boiled by now but those which aren't can still escape the pot to hop from the former towards one of the latter.