Apple Intelligence may become mandatory in iOS and macOS 27

pvtmert | 9 days ago

I am 100% sure there will be a `defaults write ...` command and/or a policy setting via Apple Configurator (mobileconfig profile) to disable it completely.

They will probably push hard on the "enabled by default" part. Since they are literally paying millions to Google...

HDBaseT | 9 days ago

I would assume so too.

Defaults writes are the basis for MDM deployments. We use Apple School Manager + Jamf and there is a long list of toggles for existing Apple Intelligence functionality, including disabling Siri, this would be a divergence for Apple.

DavideNL | 9 days ago

…which probably won’t work for everyone and their grandmother, because most settings in Apple Configurator require you to have a managed device.

Citizen8396 | 9 days ago

If you have a Mac, you can supervise devices locally. macOS itself doesn't really have restrictions on payloads (except for Declarations, which mostly are sent by an MDM server). Both Apple Intelligence and Siri can be blocked by Screen Time anyway; it's basically a user-facing interface to apply the same restrictions.

micromacrofoot | 9 days ago

of course it is, all the cute little options to toggle off AI are only temporary... it's going to be inextricably baked into systems as time goes on, especially if it's a local model

hagbard_c | 9 days ago

Only into systems you don't control. Not into systems you do control unless you want it baked-in. You'd think those frogs would be boiled by now but those which aren't can still escape the pot to hop from the former towards one of the latter.

echelon_musk | 9 days ago

Another reason not to upgrade from 18.

CharlesW | 9 days ago

The author missed the big red "Turn Siri Off" button at the bottom of the same preferences window that they're using as proof that it can't be turned off. https://imgur.com/a/hB5fWLS

micromacrofoot | 9 days ago

The new release doesn't gate AI only to Siri

CharlesW | 9 days ago

Apps continue to have their own "Apple Intelligence and Siri" preferences in iOS 27. https://imgur.com/a/1Oq6i8S

micromacrofoot | 9 days ago

Yes but Apple Intelligence can exist without Siri

[OP] rpgbr | 9 days ago

Note that the alert isn’t about being able or not to disable Siri. It’s about Apple Intelligence. Those are two different things. You can disable Siri AI and you’ll still have Apple Intelligence in other OS surfaces.

xlii | 9 days ago

*not in EU

;)

semiinfinitely | 9 days ago

good thing I decided to never update macos again

Citizen8396 | 9 days ago

You'll only get the most critical security updates, and only up to a point.

tap-snap-or-nap | 9 days ago

EULA spiking

sys_64738 | 9 days ago

Haha not a chance.

lapcat | 9 days ago

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hoherd | 9 days ago

Maybe the difference is that in iOS 26 you can turn off Apple Intelligence without turning off Siri. That's how I've been running my devices. It'll be unfortunate if I can't continue doing so.

Citizen8396 | 9 days ago

You can block Apple Intelligence and Siri using Screen Time. Configuration profiles and the typical user-facing settings are not likely to go anywhere either.