{"id":34204,"date":"2025-05-27T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T07:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/?p=34204"},"modified":"2025-05-27T08:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:55:06","slug":"newsletter-issue-1056-apple-intelligence-is-not-so-intelligent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2025\/05\/newsletter-issue-1056-apple-intelligence-is-not-so-intelligent\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #1056 \u2014 Apple Intelligence is Not So Intelligent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been working on a new column for a while, but it\u2019s not that Apple has done much to change the world. It\u2019s not like the old days, where I had enough material to write five or six pithy columns a week. But here goes\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Apple has some problems and I\u2019m sure you know about them. So in the fall of 2024, Apple\u2019s TV ads appeared in heavy rotation touting the new AI features of the latest and greatest iPhones. You could see people gleefully staring at their devices, allegedly benefitting from these amazing new features.<\/p>\n<p>But it was no more than an illusion. While Apple\u2019s branded version of AI was under development for iOS 18, and even announced as a forthcoming feature, the main features continued to be passed on to an uncertain future. I thought there were laws against false advertising, but after watching a bunch of sketchy spots \u2014 including those run by an alleged credit repair firm run by someone who once served a prison term for financial fraud \u2014 I realized it doesn\u2019t matter anymore.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2025\/05\/newsletter-issue-1056\/#intelligent\"><strong>Continue Reading\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been working on a new column for a while, but it\u2019s not that Apple has done much to change the world. It\u2019s not like the old days, where I had enough material to write five or six pithy columns a week. 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