Apple’s iOS 18. 2 update is coming soon, along with a host of game-changing new features when it comes to security and privacy on the iPhone.
The most significant new feature coming in iOS 18.2 is ChatGPT Siri integration. So what does this mean for your security and privacy?
The ChatGPT integration is probably the most anticipated Apple intelligence feature and is coming in iOS 18. 2. This comes after Apple announced a partnership with OpenAI last year, which creates ChatGPT.
Siri itself can answer some questions, but in iOS 18. 2 you can say “Ask ChatGPT” and send your request directly to the AI chatbot. You can write original ChatGPT text, a step beyond what you can do with Apple’s tools, which only paint with your already written text.
You can also create symbols through ChatGPT for Siri, ChatGPT’s intelligence for symbol generation.
So what does all this mean for privacy? Having requests sent to ChatGPT is obviously a concern, but Apple makes it clear that it asks your explicit permission before sharing data with the third party.
In the iOS 18. 2 beta, ChatGPT is disabled by default. Siri will ask your permission before sending your data to ChatGPT. You can also use it without having an OpenAI account, but it has a daily limit.
However, it’s important to note that using ChatGPT does entail sending some data to OpenAI, so if you do use it in iOS 18.2, be aware of what you share. “Simply asking Siri what is in a photo may seem harmless, but to carry out this action, a copy will be shared with ChatGPT and analysed and possibly even stored,” says Jake Moore, global cybersecurity advisor at ESET.
“For users who access ChatGPT through Siri or Writing Tools, privacy protections are built in: their IP addresses are masked and OpenAI does not store requests,” Apple explains.
However: “ChatGPT’s knowledge use policies apply to those who attach their account. »
As for Apple Intelligence itself, requests are processed on the device, or in Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, which the iPhone maker says provides robust security. So much so that it has even invited developers to test for vulnerabilities.
Apple has a new API that allows developers to make the on-screen content of their apps available to Siri and Apple Intelligence, laying the foundation for on-screen awareness, MacRumors reports.
“When a user asks a question about onscreen content or wants to perform an action on it, Siri and Apple Intelligence can retrieve the content to respond to the question and perform the action,” Apple’s documentation reads. “If the user explicitly requests it, Siri and Apple Intelligence can send content to supported third-party services.”
ChatGPT’s integration with Siri in iOS 18. 2 will allow you to ask questions about images and documents, such as PDFs and presentations. For example, you can ask Siri “what’s in this photo?” and Siri will take a screenshot and deliver it to ChatGPT to transmit the image content.
It’s on-screen knowledge consistent with it, MacRumors says: The feature will arrive with iOS 18. 4 next spring, according to Mark Gurman, Apple’s commentator at Bloomberg. However, this is a sign that Apple is gearing up for this feature, which in itself can raise privacy considerations if consistent missions are treated very carefully.
Another very cool new feature coming in iOS 18. 2 is the ability to accept a new PC with Face ID as true. Previously this required a password.
Apple’s soon-to-launch iOS 18.2 update is certainly a big one that’ll probably arrive ahead of the holidays. Just be sure you consider your security and privacy before using the new features, especially the ChatGPT Siri integration.
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