Machine Learning/AI

29th August 2024 at 2:45pm

Stephen's Machine Learning/AI Picks

Type	2023 WWDC Rickies	Score
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple reframes an existing feature as being powered by "AI""	0
Type	2024 May Rickies	Score
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple announces AI-powered changes to iWork"	0
Type	2024 WWDC Rickies	Score
Stephen	Regular	"Apple mentions that it has created its own LLM"	1
	Must be the term "large language model" or "LLM" in particular, but this could be in a session or the State of the Union keynote, not just the main event.
Stephen	Risky	"Apple previews a new visionOS feature that puts overlays over the camera passthrough with information about objects in view"	-1
	Was originally "app" instead of "feature".
Stephen	Flexie	"Some AI features on the Mac require an M2 or later"	0
Type	2024 September Rickies	Score
Stephen	Risky	"The iPad mini is updated with an A17 Pro or higher and a larger, brighter display. It will run Apple Intelligence."	-1
Stephen	Flexie	"Apple Intelligence gains no new features"	0
Stephen	Flexie	"iPhone 16 and 16 Pro can run Apple Intelligence"	1
Type	2025 Annual Rickies	Score
Stephen	Flexie	"iOS 19 brings agreements with new LLM partners beyond OpenAI"

Myke's Machine Learning/AI Picks

Type	2023 WWDC Rickies	Score
Myke	Risky	"Apple introduces a Copilot-like feature for Xcode powered by AI/ML"	-1
	Not graded: "A feature in Xcode that uses AI/ML to suggest how to improve your code or solve common problems. It will most likely live in a sidebar and will probably be a Beta feature."
Type	2024 May Rickies	Score
Myke	Flexie	"iPadOS 17 AI enhancements for iPad only"	0
	Was originally "iOS" but Federico is a stickler for the Apple style guide.
Type	2024 WWDC Rickies	Score
Myke	Regular	"Notification summaries are provided by a new AI system"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Apple announces an AI deal with Google"	0
	Originally included the word "also" but that was confusing things.
Myke	Flexie	"Chatbot features from AI partners are available only to iCloud+ subscribers after a free trial"	0
Type	2024 September Rickies	Score
Myke	Risky	"Apple specifically mention RAM/Memory in the iPhone, say it will be at least 8GB, and state it is to power Apple Intelligence"	1
	This pick triggered some confusion about the new three-condition risky pick rules, and it got a bit heated. But ultimately the rules were revised to clarify that the risky pick is the three conditions, and doesn't need an additional overarching pick.
Myke	Flexie	"There is a segment about Apple Intelligence that lasts at least 10 minutes"	1
Myke	Flexie	"Apple does not say "AI" or "Artificial Intelligence""	0
Type	2025 Annual Rickies	Score
Myke	Regular	"Apple introduces its own LLM to power Siri"
	It does not have to ship in 2025, though.

Federico's Machine Learning/AI Picks

Type	2017 Annual Predictions	Score
Federico	Regular	"Apple Music will be redesigned again"	0
	"Will gain more Spotify-like algorithmic features" "An Apple version of the Daily Mix and a way to discover back catalog songs from artists you don't know (Discover Weekly?)" The New Music Daily feature would eventually come in 2019.
Type	2021 October Rickies	Score
Federico	Flexie	"Apple demos a Mac app that takes advantage of the updated Neural Engine"	0
Type	2024 Annual Rickies	Score
Federico	Regular	"iOS 18 will bring new AI features based on LLMs with some generative capabilities"	1
Federico	Flexie	"You will be able to create Shortcuts with the new LLM-infused Siri in iOS 18"	0
Type	2024 WWDC Rickies	Score
Federico	Risky	"Apple shows a 'Siri Camera' (not official name) feature that lets you point the iPhone at something and use AI to understand what you're looking at"	-1
	Non-graded: this is also why the next iPhone will have a physical camera button
Federico	Flexie	"Some AI features will be region-locked"	0
	They're technically language locked, and at first they're going to give it to Federico anyway, but either Federico's conscience or his desire not to get feedback win out and this is marked as incorrect.
Federico	Flexie	"Apple shows off the ability for Siri to control apps, but it's not launching this year"	1
Type	2024 September Rickies	Score
Federico	Regular	"All the iPhones announced support Apple Intelligence"	1
Federico	Flexie	"Apple Intelligence features are demoed again"	1
Federico	Flexie	"ChatGPT is mentioned again"	1
Type	2025 Annual Rickies	Score
Federico	Risky	"Apple announces a new standalone "Siri app" based on a new LLM that will..."
	"Be multilingual and support multiple languages at the same time." "Support multiple modalities – e.g. text input, voice input, or image attachments in the same conversation." "Display content from third-party apps inline based on a new developer framework." If the overall pick about a "Siri app" is wrong, all the details will be counted as wrong as well. But that won't be a problem because Federico thinks that this approach is "so obvious".
Federico	Flexie	"Apple showcases building Shortcuts with natural language"
Federico	Flexie	"Apple Music gets natural language playlist creation"