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Apple Intelligence

software
Last discussed Oct 14, 2026

Apple's AI and generative AI product offering on iPhones

How Apple Intelligence compares

2 creators weighed in
ChatGPT Direct rival
OpenAI's conversational AI chatbot

Marques calls Apple Intelligence a joke so far; ChatGPT is seen as more capable by comparison.

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2 creators
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John Gruber

"Looking back at the WWDC from 2 years ago, 2024, when they first announced Apple Intelligence and then announced the stuff that 8 months later was supposed to be rolling out and they were like, you know what, we're going to have to postp..."

Compared implicitly to ChatGPT and Claude as more advanced AI products

Marques Brownlee

"Apple intelligence has been kind of a joke so far... I don't think Apple Intelligence has to be that good. I basically think it just has to be good enough for investors to believe Apple's competitive or just doing something with AI."

Compared to ChatGPT and Gemini, which are described as more capable

What creators say

Kevin Rose
mentioned
vs: Gemini on Android, ChatGPT, Anthropic

"You have on-device, so Apple Intelligence, those models will get better. Don't count Apple out. Give them 3 years, and probably not even that, a year and a half."

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John Coogan
mentioned

"They updated Apple Intelligence bunch. So there was — I thought they haven't launched it yet. I thought this was the launch of the Siri — like it's actually gonna go out now."

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John Gruber
mentioned
vs: Compared implicitly to ChatGPT and Claude as more advanced AI products

"Looking back at the WWDC from 2 years ago, 2024, when they first announced Apple Intelligence and then announced the stuff that 8 months later was supposed to be rolling out and they were like, you know what, we're going to have to postpone this b..."

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Marques Brownlee
mentioned
vs: Needs work to close gaps

"Between Mac OS Tahoe and Liquid Glass and Apple Intelligence and Siri, all of that, there's a lot of work to be done to close that gap."

My Take on The New Apple · ▶ 10:37 · Apr 29, 2026
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Alice Han
mentioned

"Apple intelligence so it's AI generative AI product that it offers on all its iPhones which are available in the west is not available yet in China"

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Marques Brownlee
critical

"Apple intelligence has been kind of a joke so far... I don't think Apple Intelligence has to be that good. I basically think it just has to be good enough for investors to believe Apple's competitive or just doing something with AI."

John Coogan
critical

"Apple Intelligence is rolling out, it takes like five days just to index everything into some sort of RAG database."

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Matt Colyer
critical

"I upgraded my phone. I was like all in. Upgraded my iPad. I was like I'm going to get cuz like I had just upgraded the last cycle and then they were like, 'Well, you need a new processor to you.' I was like, 'Okay.' I put all my stuff. Saw it at W..."

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