{"slug": "apple-intelligence", "name": "Apple Intelligence", "category": "ai-models", "category_name": "AI models", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 44, "warners": 27, "score": -16.799, "rising": 1.35, "first": "2025-11-02", "latest": "2026-10-28", "why": "Apple has some impressive privacy technology for Apple Intelligence", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 13, "compare": 0, "warn": 28}, "spark": [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Apple has some impressive privacy technology for Apple Intelligence", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": "clarksonlawfirm.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Apple Intelligence"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 796854080, "item_id": 49803380, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49803380", "by": "runjake", "date": "2026-09-22", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use and enjoy Apple Intelligence", "excerpt": "Try it and find out? If it doesn't now, I bet it will in the next version or two, due to all the attention it's gotten. I'd test it myself but I use and enjoy Apple Intelligence and don't want to ruin my config.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I said no and Apple said yes"}, {"id": 796705264, "item_id": 49794079, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49794079", "by": "mmooss", "date": "2026-09-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Apple has some impressive privacy technology for Apple Intelligence", "excerpt": "Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater! Apple has some impressive privacy technology for Apple Intelligence - including significant open source disclosure for public verification. If you trash them with the rest of the AI vendors, you deincentivize privacy for Apple and for the rest of them. They describe it in great technical detail here (Private Cloud Compute (PCC) seems to be the server side of Apple Intellig", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac"}, {"id": 769837552, "item_id": 48114847, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114847", "by": "jimbob45", "date": "2026-05-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Apple Intelligence + Shortcuts is the most underhyped corporate use case for AI.", "excerpt": "and why Apple has nearly wiped it off their site all together, seriously go check out apple.com, not a single mention of Apple Intelligence. Which is weird because Apple Intelligence + Shortcuts is the most underhyped corporate use case for AI. For my money, it\u2019s the quickest and easiest method a non-programmer can use to prompt-build a program that both works and that they can understand.", "context": "", "use_case": "Prompt-built automation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Googlebook: Designed for Gemini Intelligence \u2013 Coming Fall 2026 \u2013 Googlebook"}, {"id": 739031280, "item_id": 46189455, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46189455", "by": "thenthenthen", "date": "2025-12-07", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "And I love it! The ocr/vision models are a literal life saver here.", "excerpt": "And I love it! The ocr/vision models are a literal life saver here. Translating websites in Safari? Even text in images gets translated, super convenient! The only gripe i have is that it tries to be smart and tries to detect addresses, phone numbers. If the address or phone number is part of a text it is nearly impossible to copy the whole text since the phone number gets prioritised over the text (so you can only c", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "What the heck is going on at Apple?"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 804508497, "item_id": 50281781, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50281781", "by": "dinga", "date": "2026-10-28", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Now we got \u201capple intelligence\u201d and subscriptions all over the place", "excerpt": "Apple is not what it used to be\u2026 We see it in the hardware AND the software. It used to be: think different It used to be: It just works\u2026 Now we got \u201capple intelligence\u201d and subscriptions all over the place and also the lock-in feels stronger over time. Don\u2019t even get me started that one can\u2019t easily replace the battery oneself. They gradually convinced us that reduced repairability is fine. I got my first MacBook Pr", "context": "long-time Apple user wanting to leave BigTech", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch"}, {"id": 801177841, "item_id": 50073615, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50073615", "by": "jm4", "date": "2026-10-13", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Apple Intelligence is the least capable AI of any of the big tech companies.", "excerpt": "I love my Apple TV, but this is nothing but a price hike. The older model already does 4k. What's the added benefit here? Siri? Give me a break. Apple Intelligence is the least capable AI of any of the big tech companies. The fact that they don't mine data like the others is a moot point when Siri isn't even good enough to answer basic queries in the first place. There's no data to mine when you end up not using it f", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "New Apple TV 4K"}, {"id": 799403744, "item_id": 49962734, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962734", "by": "NeumannGod", "date": "2026-10-05", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Yes apple intelligence is pretty bad.", "excerpt": "Yes apple intelligence is pretty bad. https://alma.inc/ aims to be what Apple intelligence should have been by building a new interface to your computer. And certainly, it won't take up much disk space.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back"}, {"id": 796846368, "item_id": 49802898, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49802898", "by": "runjake", "date": "2026-09-22", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "explains how to disable Apple Intelligence throughout Golden Gate", "excerpt": "The Internet is suggesting a bunch of hacks and undocumented defaults commands to run. Meanwhile the Mac User Guide explains how to disable Apple Intelligence throughout Golden Gate: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/turn-restrict-access-apple-intelligence-mchlb2e44f94/mac Here's the version for iPhone: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph3fed3f2c3/ios For iPad: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guid", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I said no and Apple said yes"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["on-device ai models", "building apps on it", "prompt-built automation", "private summarisation"], "compared": [{"slug": "siri", "name": "Siri", "co": 5, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "ios", "name": "iOS", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "microsoft-windows", "name": "Microsoft Windows", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "openclaw", "name": "OpenClaw", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "android", "name": "Android", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "macos", "name": "macOS", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "apple-private-cloud-compute", "name": "Apple Private Cloud Compute", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49790409", "title": "Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49704226", "title": "Tell HN: iOS 27 does not allow Apple Intelligence to be disabled", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450142", "title": "Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49797982", "title": "I said no and Apple said yes", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111545", "title": "Googlebook: Designed for Gemini Intelligence \u2013 Coming Fall 2026 \u2013 Googlebook", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47459296", "title": "Our Commitment to Windows Quality", "mentions": 2}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"warn": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2025-12": {"warn": 5, "recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-01": {"warn": 3}, "2026-02": {"warn": 6}, "2026-03": {"warn": 1, "neutral": 5}, "2026-04": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1, "warn": 1}, "2026-06": {"neutral": 3, "warn": 1}, "2026-07": {"warn": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"warn": 6, "neutral": 2, "recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {"warn": 3}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 44, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 804508497, "item_id": 50281781, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50281781", "by": "dinga", "date": "2026-10-28", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Now we got \u201capple intelligence\u201d and subscriptions all over the place", "excerpt": "Apple is not what it used to be\u2026 We see it in the hardware AND the software. It used to be: think different It used to be: It just works\u2026 Now we got \u201capple intelligence\u201d and subscriptions all over the place and also the lock-in feels stronger over time. Don\u2019t even get me started that one can\u2019t easily replace the battery oneself. They gradually convinced us that reduced repairability is fine. I got my first MacBook Pr", "context": "long-time Apple user wanting to leave BigTech", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch"}, {"id": 801177841, "item_id": 50073615, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50073615", "by": "jm4", "date": "2026-10-13", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Apple Intelligence is the least capable AI of any of the big tech companies.", "excerpt": "I love my Apple TV, but this is nothing but a price hike. The older model already does 4k. What's the added benefit here? Siri? Give me a break. Apple Intelligence is the least capable AI of any of the big tech companies. The fact that they don't mine data like the others is a moot point when Siri isn't even good enough to answer basic queries in the first place. There's no data to mine when you end up not using it f", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "New Apple TV 4K"}, {"id": 799403744, "item_id": 49962734, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49962734", "by": "NeumannGod", "date": "2026-10-05", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Yes apple intelligence is pretty bad.", "excerpt": "Yes apple intelligence is pretty bad. https://alma.inc/ aims to be what Apple intelligence should have been by building a new interface to your computer. And certainly, it won't take up much disk space.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back"}, {"id": 796854080, "item_id": 49803380, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49803380", "by": "runjake", "date": "2026-09-22", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use and enjoy Apple Intelligence", "excerpt": "Try it and find out? If it doesn't now, I bet it will in the next version or two, due to all the attention it's gotten. I'd test it myself but I use and enjoy Apple Intelligence and don't want to ruin my config.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I said no and Apple said yes"}, {"id": 796846368, "item_id": 49802898, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49802898", "by": "runjake", "date": "2026-09-22", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "explains how to disable Apple Intelligence throughout Golden Gate", "excerpt": "The Internet is suggesting a bunch of hacks and undocumented defaults commands to run. Meanwhile the Mac User Guide explains how to disable Apple Intelligence throughout Golden Gate: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/turn-restrict-access-apple-intelligence-mchlb2e44f94/mac Here's the version for iPhone: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph3fed3f2c3/ios For iPad: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guid", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I said no and Apple said yes"}, {"id": 796778736, "item_id": 49798671, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49798671", "by": "thedanbob", "date": "2026-09-22", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "but I was not willing to give up 16% of my free space for models I will never use.", "excerpt": "I followed this guide[0] (with hints from this issue[1]) to recover 16+ GB. It's ridiculous that one has to go to such lengths, but I was not willing to give up 16% of my free space for models I will never use. [0] https://github.com/tejyash/delete-apple-intelligence-macos [1] https://github.com/tejyash/delete-apple-intelligence-macos/issues/5", "context": "", "use_case": "on-device AI models", "switched_from": "", "story": "Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac"}, {"id": 796759904, "item_id": 49797494, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49797494", "by": "Quothling", "date": "2026-09-22", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "apple intelligence is currently taking up 10gb on my macbook m1 with the tiniest configuration", "excerpt": "I would probably called pro AI these days considering how much I've worked on getting the people in my organisation to adapt and learn how to use it, and how much I use it professionally. I've not always been pro AI, I'm sure my previous comments have been quite the rollercoaster over the past year. These days I'm part of a process which will probably replace quite a lot of jobs with AI down the line. The morals of w", "context": "uses AI professionally but not personally", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac"}, {"id": 796705264, "item_id": 49794079, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49794079", "by": "mmooss", "date": "2026-09-21", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Apple has some impressive privacy technology for Apple Intelligence", "excerpt": "Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater! Apple has some impressive privacy technology for Apple Intelligence - including significant open source disclosure for public verification. If you trash them with the rest of the AI vendors, you deincentivize privacy for Apple and for the rest of them. They describe it in great technical detail here (Private Cloud Compute (PCC) seems to be the server side of Apple Intellig", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac"}, {"id": 795941248, "item_id": 49746328, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746328", "by": "bigyabai", "date": "2026-09-17", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Apple Intelligence can never replace our users or the personal touch they bring", "excerpt": "Here's a better example. Compare these two marketing tones: Low confidence: \"Our engineers work tirelessly to ensure that frontier research doesn't step on the toes of users. It's a deliberate touch to keep people in the drivers seat, emphasizing the importance of human coexistence with technology. Apple Intelligence can never replace our users or the personal touch they bring, and that's what makes Apple products so", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tests of the New AI Siri"}, {"id": 795488640, "item_id": 49718040, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49718040", "by": "nunez", "date": "2026-09-15", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "you CAN disable MOST of the Apple Intelligence features", "excerpt": "Okay, I have an update. It turns out that you CAN disable MOST of the Apple Intelligence features without compromising HomePod features or CarPlay by either: A) Downloading and installing the profile I just created that does everything that follows below here (https://github.com/carlosonunez/bash-dotfiles/blob/main/ios-profiles/disableAppleSiriAI.mobileconfig), or B) Doing these things: 1) Going to Settings > Siri an", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tell HN: iOS 27 does not allow Apple Intelligence to be disabled"}, {"id": 795382576, "item_id": 49711411, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49711411", "by": "pm_confidant", "date": "2026-09-15", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I belive they are investing on Apple Intelligence a lot more", "excerpt": "I belive they are investing on Apple Intelligence a lot more, I have myself built a series of apps on top https://yourconfidant.ai/", "context": "", "use_case": "Building apps on it", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tell HN: iOS 27 does not allow Apple Intelligence to be disabled"}, {"id": 795341760, "item_id": 49708860, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49708860", "by": "Lichtso", "date": "2026-09-15", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "On macOS you can delete them manually (though it requires booting into recovery mode and temporarily disabling System Integrity Protection). https://github.com/tejyash/delete-apple-intelligence-macos", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27"}, {"id": 795285168, "item_id": 49705323, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49705323", "by": "layer8", "date": "2026-09-14", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "", "excerpt": "CNET says that the OS auto-reclaims the space when needed: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-turn-off-apple-intelligence/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tell HN: iOS 27 does not allow Apple Intelligence to be disabled"}, {"id": 782871248, "item_id": 48929453, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48929453", "by": "canuckintime", "date": "2026-07-15", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "AI (Apple Intelligence) is the Anti-Mac", "excerpt": "Mac: \"The Power to Be Your Best\" (ed. Apple's slogan at the time) Anti-Mac: \u201cYou won't always have to work that hard\u201d AI (Apple Intelligence) is the Anti-Mac: https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/12/misguided-apple-intelligence-ads/ \u201cIt\u2019s really quite a different message than a bicycle for the mind.\u201d", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Anti-Mac User Interface (1996)"}, {"id": 775348528, "item_id": 48459283, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48459283", "by": "whywhywhywhy", "date": "2026-06-09", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "it's a bunch of other peoples stuff cobbled and wrapped together", "excerpt": "> Are they using flagship Gemini models behind their own prompts? Fine-tuning? Pre-training their own models based on Gemini? Easiest way to tell, how much dancing around did we listen to and how many diagrams did we have to look at? If they had their own tech we wouldn't be looking at diagrams we'd just be getting told Siri AI, it's private, it's powerful, here's what it can do. Instead we had 10 minutes talking aro", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models"}, {"id": 775246656, "item_id": 48452916, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48452916", "by": "e28eta", "date": "2026-06-08", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Apple Intelligence and Siri AI in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 are available on", "excerpt": "I\u2019ve got a 2023 Mac Studio M2, and was dismayed by the M3 & later. So I\u2019ve been trying to track down more details. That specific device list is only for: > Apple\u2019s most powerful on-device model and the features it enables, like expressive voices and more advanced dictation, [\u2026] On other devices, I think there\u2019s still on device support (just not with the \u201cmost powerful model\u201d), for these devices: > Apple Intelligence ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Siri AI"}, {"id": 775230176, "item_id": 48451886, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48451886", "by": "dist-epoch", "date": "2026-06-08", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "It\u2019s integrated into the core of your iPhone, iPad, and Mac through on-device processing.", "excerpt": "> Apple Intelligence is designed to protect your privacy at every step. It\u2019s integrated into the core of your iPhone, iPad, and Mac through on-device processing. https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models"}, {"id": 775216193, "item_id": 48451012, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48451012", "by": "peterspath", "date": "2026-06-08", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "It\u2019s the DMA regulation that forces Apple to give the same access as they have to other AI chat apps. Once it leaves the device Apple does not know what those other ai chat apps will do with the gathered data. > Siri AI is private by design and deeply integrated across Apple\u2019s platforms using on-device processing and Private Cloud Compute, which extends the privacy and security of iPhone into the cloud. However, unde", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models"}, {"id": 769884784, "item_id": 48117799, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48117799", "by": "Scrounger", "date": "2026-05-12", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "they failed to deliver on its promises", "excerpt": "> why Apple has nearly wiped it off their site all together, seriously go check out apple.com, not a single mention of Apple Intelligence. TBF, the reason Apple removed \"Apple Intelligence\" is that they failed to deliver on its promises. So much so that they just settled their false advertising in a class action lawsuit for $250M: https://archive.is/efWkb Also, P.S: Not to say that clothing/shopping is the primary us", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Googlebook: Designed for Gemini Intelligence \u2013 Coming Fall 2026 \u2013 Googlebook"}, {"id": 769837552, "item_id": 48114847, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114847", "by": "jimbob45", "date": "2026-05-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Apple Intelligence + Shortcuts is the most underhyped corporate use case for AI.", "excerpt": "and why Apple has nearly wiped it off their site all together, seriously go check out apple.com, not a single mention of Apple Intelligence. Which is weird because Apple Intelligence + Shortcuts is the most underhyped corporate use case for AI. For my money, it\u2019s the quickest and easiest method a non-programmer can use to prompt-build a program that both works and that they can understand.", "context": "", "use_case": "Prompt-built automation", "switched_from": "", "story": "Googlebook: Designed for Gemini Intelligence \u2013 Coming Fall 2026 \u2013 Googlebook"}, {"id": 763944881, "item_id": 47746555, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47746555", "by": "podlp", "date": "2026-04-12", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "uses Apple Intelligence", "excerpt": "A local, safe AI agent for macOS that uses Apple Intelligence and lives in the app sandbox https://github.com/lastbytellc/iclaw", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)"}, {"id": 760125841, "item_id": 47507865, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47507865", "by": "franze", "date": "2026-03-24", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "50+ sample results from apple ai", "excerpt": "50+ sample results from apple ai https://github.com/Arthur-Ficial/apfel/blob/main/EXAMPLES.md", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Apfel - Apple Intelligence from the Command Line"}, {"id": 759371152, "item_id": 47460697, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47460697", "by": "malux85", "date": "2026-03-20", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "apple intelligence has never interrupted me. I don't even know what it is.", "excerpt": "I use apple products daily and apple intelligence has never interrupted me. I don't even know what it is. So, no.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Our Commitment to Windows Quality"}, {"id": 759369616, "item_id": 47460601, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47460601", "by": "jimbokun", "date": "2026-03-20", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I don't really notice Apple Intelligence.", "excerpt": "I use Macs for both work and personal use and I don't really notice Apple Intelligence. Maybe it's doing stuff that doesn't rise to my level of attention, but it isn't actively annoying me.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Our Commitment to Windows Quality"}, {"id": 756128001, "item_id": 47258000, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47258000", "by": "compounding_it", "date": "2026-03-04", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "disabling Apple Intelligence doesn't make much of a difference.", "excerpt": "I recently erased my M1 Air 8gb Mac on Tahoe and use it for basic stuff like browsing music podcasts video conferencing etc. while I moved work development to linux. Runs really great for it. Now add things like Xcode/Vscodium, iTerm, preview, slack and you are going to see it become hot and in general slow down. CPU usage easily goes beyond 50% now. When I got the Mac a few weeks after launch, I was doing these exac", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple Introduces MacBook Neo"}, {"id": 756036032, "item_id": 47252252, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47252252", "by": "kittikitti", "date": "2026-03-04", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I'm a little skeptical about the Apple Intelligence capabilities", "excerpt": "I'm a little skeptical about the Apple Intelligence capabilities, as others have mentioned. I can assume that it doesn't run on-device and sends it to Apple's servers for processing. I just noticed that according to https://support.apple.com/121115, devices purchased in China don't support Apple Intelligence but it's odd that they explicitly mention a workaround where devices purchased outside of China support Apple ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple Introduces MacBook Neo"}, {"id": 755560736, "item_id": 47222546, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47222546", "by": "tensor", "date": "2026-03-02", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "", "excerpt": "What do people even expect from these intelligence services? Apple is always said to have failed, yet I've seen nothing in Windows that I'd actually want to use WRT to intelligence services. Siri being better at free form requests for actions and doing internet/knowledge searches is about all I can think of. But also, I use Kagi for that, and unless Siri has a pluggable backend for search I'm not sure being forced to", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple AI servers unused in warehouses due to low Apple Intelligence usage"}, {"id": 754161905, "item_id": 47135119, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47135119", "by": "mort96", "date": "2026-02-24", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "I don't like what Apple is doing to my phone and laptop", "excerpt": "> There's a whole section in macOS/iOS settings titled \"Apple Intelligence and Siri\" with ChatGPT being the only option, and you're seemingly happy with that compromise If you read my comment again, it might occur to you that no, I'm not happy with what Apple is doing to iOS and macOS: I don't like what Apple is doing to my phone and laptop > I also invite you to go to firefox.com right now and find me a single menti", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements"}, {"id": 753542512, "item_id": 47096407, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47096407", "by": "Animats", "date": "2026-02-20", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Apple?", "excerpt": "> Every company building your AI assistant is now an ad company Apple? [1] [1] https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Every company building your AI assistant is now an ad company"}, {"id": 751712960, "item_id": 46982060, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46982060", "by": "g947o", "date": "2026-02-11", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "https://clarksonlawfirm.com/lp/apple-intelligence-false-advertising/", "excerpt": "Perhaps do a quick search before making bold claims. https://clarksonlawfirm.com/lp/apple-intelligence-false-advertising/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's Siri revamp reportedly delayed again"}, {"id": 750595296, "item_id": 46912206, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46912206", "by": "ragazzina", "date": "2026-02-06", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "", "excerpt": "I love how you make a totally sane prediction and get downvoted out of pure corporate fanboyism.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Now Assume That All Ads on Apple News Are Scams"}, {"id": 750313809, "item_id": 46894613, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46894613", "by": "huwsername", "date": "2026-02-04", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "It would be genuinely catastrophic to ship an insecure system with this kind of data access", "excerpt": "I don\u2019t believe this was ever confirmed by Apple, but there was widespread speculation at the time[1] that the delay was due to the very prompt injection attacks OpenClaw users are now discovering. It would be genuinely catastrophic to ship an insecure system with this kind of data access, even with an \u2018unsafe mode\u2019. These kinds of risks can only be _consented to_ by technical people who correctly understand them, le", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenClaw Is What Apple Intelligence Should Have Been"}, {"id": 750312129, "item_id": 46894508, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46894508", "by": "IcyWindows", "date": "2026-02-04", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "It's obviously broken, so no, Apple Intelligence should not have been this.", "excerpt": "According to https://1password.com/blog/from-magic-to-malware-how-openclaws-agent-skills-become-an-attack-surface, The top skill is/was malware. It's obviously broken, so no, Apple Intelligence should not have been this.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenClaw Is What Apple Intelligence Should Have Been"}, {"id": 749411219, "item_id": 46838201, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46838201", "by": "TheNewsIsHere", "date": "2026-01-31", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "It was insane that any release, let alone how many releases, automatically enabled or re-enabled", "excerpt": "I\u2019ve used iPhones exclusively as my daily driver phone for almost 20 years now. It\u2019s tempting to get a phone that GrapheneOS supports at my next refresh. I generally like Apple\u2019s technology. I like their high level stability - they don\u2019t launch things as experiments in the same way other technology companies do. They seem to make a serious effort at only launching things they plan to keep around and refine. I think t", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Backseat Software"}, {"id": 749370528, "item_id": 46835658, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46835658", "by": "tonyedgecombe", "date": "2026-01-31", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "then had to roll them back because the results were so poor", "excerpt": "We do know that they made a number of promises on AI[1] and then had to roll them back because the results were so poor[2]. They then went on to fire the person responsible for this division[3]. That doesn't sound like a financial decision to me. [1] https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2024/06/wwdc24-highlights/ [2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-18/how-apple-intelligence-and-siri-ai-went-so-wrong [3] ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The $100B Megadeal Between OpenAI and Nvidia Is on Ice"}, {"id": 746400913, "item_id": 46650057, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46650057", "by": "walterbell", "date": "2026-01-16", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "You can disable Siri (and Apple Intelligence) entirely", "excerpt": "Apple Configurator MDM profiles can control Siri behavior, e.g. https://github.com/jankais3r/Siri-NoLoggingPLS Disable server-side logging of Siri requests for your Mac, iPhone and iPad You can disable Siri (and Apple Intelligence) entirely via Apple Configurator or asking the nearest LLM for .mobileconfig file with: <key>allowAssistant</key><false/>", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe?"}, {"id": 741167398, "item_id": 46322962, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46322962", "by": "dangus", "date": "2025-12-18", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "advertises some new feature that siphons up your personal data like Apple Intelligence", "excerpt": "I hate to break it to you, but it's been like this for YEARS now. The frog has been boiled. Line must go up and the market is saturated. I watched an \"Android user switched to iOS\" YouTube video recently and it's interesting how much you don't see when you haven't been removed from an environment. This Android user was shocked at how much iOS advertises to you, which is not intuitively what any of us would think an A", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "2026 Apple introducing more ads to increase opportunity in search results"}, {"id": 740930496, "item_id": 46308156, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46308156", "by": "floundy", "date": "2025-12-17", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "letting users click \u201cnot interested\u201d on Apple Intelligence and never see it again", "excerpt": "Apple\u2019s most interesting value proposition was ignoring all this AI junk and letting users click \u201cnot interested\u201d on Apple Intelligence and never see it again. From a business perspective it\u2019s a smart move (inasmuch as \u201cintegrating AI\u201d is the default which I fundamentally disagree with) since Apple won\u2019t be left holding the bag on a bunch of AI datacenters when/if the AI bubble pops. I don\u2019t want to lose trust in App", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed"}, {"id": 740893584, "item_id": 46305849, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46305849", "by": "exegete", "date": "2025-12-17", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Apple Intelligence is going to be Gemini", "excerpt": "Apple Intelligence is going to be Gemini https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/05/apple-siri-google-gemini-partnership/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed"}, {"id": 739367696, "item_id": 46210481, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46210481", "by": "rickdeckard", "date": "2025-12-09", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "I expect them to stiffle competition and setting themselves up as the primary player in the Apple ecosystem for AI services", "excerpt": "> Do you have any evidence whatsoever that could back-up this claim? It feels like you're just saying this because you want it to be true, not because you have any concrete proof that Apple can sell competitive inference. Sorry, I didn't mean to state that Apple A/M-series will be competitive on inference performance compared to other solutions. There is no sufficient data for this at the moment. But this is not the ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's slow AI pace becomes a strength as market grows weary of spending"}]}