At WWDC 2024, Apple announced Apple Intelligence, which includes integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Without further ado, here are some of our favorites.
One less excuse to forget birthdays
You have to wonder why this took so long.
The most underrated iOS 18 feature #WWDC #WWDC24 pic.twitter.com/OmCtDqqvi4
— Stefan Hiienurm (@shiienurm) June 10, 2024
Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity, not a threat. —Steve Jobs (1955–2011)
One less rest for the wicked
Remember the time cellphone snatchers were a thing in the Philippines?
iPhone stolen? No problem.
— Ash Arora (@0xashesonchain) June 10, 2024
Immediately control your phone from your Mac and disable settings for account restrictions so they cannot turn it off. Open Maps and track their location real time!
Bet the thief comes back to return it. 💀 pic.twitter.com/tCFc0dXD0i
Tap to cash
Reminds me of Lightning cards!
5. Tap to cash: A new way to pay someone with another iPhone without a phone number or email pic.twitter.com/wYHnBubnZK
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) June 10, 2024
Lightning cards are cards preloaded with satoshis (small pieces of bitcoin) that kids can use to buy a banana.
#Bitcoin Lightning NFC 🔥⚡pic.twitter.com/mgXpDIWlZB
— Danny Scott ⚡ (@CoinCornerDanny) July 2, 2022
Adults can even do it with a ring!
Sending a #bitcoin lightning transaction using an NFC enabled ring. ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/6jrWbwwVBa
— Zakk (@zakkdev) December 21, 2022
Note 1: Tim Cook has a secret stash of bitcoin.
Note 2: You can find* the bitcoin whitepaper in your Mac. Someone at Apple surreptitiously inserted it.
just a reminder that #apple CEO tim cook thinks #bitcoin “is reasonable to own as part of a diversified portfolio” and has been “researching it for a while” pic.twitter.com/aeOIvUhOmm
— Alex Thorn (@intangiblecoins) September 27, 2023
A real nice . . . calculator!
Finally, but to be fair, this is levels.
Apple just announced a ton of incredible AI developments at WWDC.
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) June 10, 2024
The 11 most impressive reveals:
1. Using the iPad calculator as a notepad and getting real-time answers pic.twitter.com/dRxwD7z7jO
Generate images on your device
Bye, bye to a lot of AI image apps.
9. Apple's new Image playground allows users to generate images on-device and share them across appspic.twitter.com/yyFTB6crZL
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) June 10, 2024
Mirror, mirror on the wall
You know who’s the fairest of them all.
7. macOS 15 will let you mirror your iPhone from your Mac pic.twitter.com/aBPtCXi51X
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) June 10, 2024
*Open Applications > Utilities > Terminal
From Terminal, enter the following command all on a single line:
open /System/Library/Image Capture/Devices/VirtualScanner.app/Contents/Resources/simpledoc.pdf
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