Apple is accelerating the rollout of a software update that will implant artificial intelligence into its virtual assistant Siri and automate a variety of tedious tasks to coincide with the release of its latest iPhone.The free update enabling the first set of features in Apple's suite of artificial intelligence became available Thursday — about two weeks ahead of the October release that Apple projected earlier this month when it unveiled the iPhone 16.Other AI features in the software update will handle a variety of writing and proofreading tasks, summarize the content of emails and other documents.The AI also will provide a variety of editing tools to alter the appearance of photos and make it easier to find old pictures.But the AI won't work on hundreds of millions of other iPhones, a drawback that investors are betting will juice Apple's recently slumping sales of the ubiquitous device.
Apple releases AI software for a smarter Siri on the iPhone 16
