Generative AI Comes to iOS 18, Marking Apple's Biggest Update Ever


Google DeepMind CEO Hassabis predicts that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) could appear as early as 2029-2030, with key breakthroughs potentially achieved within the next three years. He points out that increased investment by tech companies is accelerating the maturity of core technologies such as multimodal understanding, autonomous decision-making, and AI agents.
The NBA announced the introduction of AI technology to automate out-of-bounds calls. Utilizing high-definition cameras around the court and AI collaboration, it will instantly provide accurate calls, aiming to speed up the game pace and reduce disputes over ball possession. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver stated that this move marks a new stage for technology in professional sports officiating, and will significantly improve the efficiency of event operations.
Anthropic releases a refined version of its flagship model, Claude Opus 4.8, focusing on agent programming, multi-domain reasoning, and knowledge work. This version surpasses GPT-5.5 in multiple core benchmark tests, significantly reducing the phenomenon of 'AI lying,' with a sharp decrease in programming defects and improved judgment, marking a major breakthrough in AI code reliability.
Apple plans to introduce a local edge AI processing solution in OS 27, using "distillation" technology to train a lightweight AI model based on Google's Gemini model, balancing user privacy and performance. This approach allows the small model to achieve results close to those of a large model while significantly reducing processing costs, ensuring efficient operation of AI features on Apple devices.
Uber executives revealed that by the end of the first four months of 2026, the entire annual AI budget had been exhausted. High operating costs have sparked management's questioning of the rationality of the investment, and no corresponding business returns from AI tools have been seen so far.