Artificial intelligence will undoubtedly be the most repeated word during the presentation of iOS 18, and today Mark Gurman revealed new data on how Apple is going to introduce it to our devices: dfrom its own data centers with M2 Ultra processors.
This year will be the year when Apple finally dives headfirst into artificial intelligence. Yes, it comes late if we compare it with other companies that have been offering generative AI products for years, but that does not mean that in Cupertino they are quietly waiting for this train to arrive. Many tasks carried out on our devices have for several years used what Apple previously called “Machine Learning”. But with the arrival of iOS 18, this will change, and this has already begun to be noticed during the presentation of the latest iPad, when AApple stopped using the term Machine Learning to talk directly about artificial intelligenceand how their new processors were prepared for it.
Some of these tasks, the most basic or those that require greater confidentiality, will be carried out locally, on the device itself, without the need to access the Internet or upload data to servers. But there will be other tasks that require uploading data to servers for processing. And these data centers, as Mark Gurman revealed today, will be large facilities equipped with Apple computers equipped with Apple Silicon processors, the same ones that we have in our devices and which have demonstrated greater power than the competition. Initially, these will be M2 Ultra processors according to Gurman, but he assures that Apple’s plans include the use of M4 processors in the near future. This can be very good news, because if these more advanced tasks are carried out in the cloud, it will not be necessary to have the latest and most powerful Apple devices for this. We’ll keep our fingers crossed.
