Leaked internal report shows Apple Intelligence is two years behind ChatGPT

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In brief: Days before Apple Intelligence makes its public debut, a new report suggests it may have some catching up to do right from the start – at least compared to OpenAI's offerings. However, Apple may have a few tricks up its sleeve to compensate for any shortcomings.

According to the latest Power On newsletter by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, internal studies at Apple have found that the current iteration of their AI lags behind industry leaders like OpenAI's ChatGPT. The research reportedly showed that ChatGPT is around 25 percent more accurate and is capable of answering roughly 30 percent more queries.

In fact, Gurman claims "some at Apple believe that its generative AI technology – at least, so far – is more than two years behind the industry leaders."

To be fair, Apple has a history of taking its time to perfect new technologies before releasing them to the public. The company often lets others go first, learns from their mistakes, and then swoops in with a more polished experience built on top of the latest advancements. We've seen this playbook time and again with products like the iPod, iPhone, Apple Watch, and more recently, foldables.

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Still, a two-year deficit in a field evolving as rapidly as generative AI is nothing to sneeze at. By the time Apple Intelligence hits its stride in 2026, based on Gurman's timeline, who knows what groundbreaking new capabilities the competition will have developed.

The good news for Apple is that it has a few powerful advantages that could help it close the gap quickly, despite the late start. Gurman notes that it's hard to count Apple out.

"It has a cherished brand, nearly limitless resources, and a history of coming from behind and being successful. At some point, Apple will either develop, hire or acquire its way into the top tier of AI companies," he adds.

Secondly, Gurman says Apple can leverage its massive global install base of over a billion active devices to rapidly roll out AI features and services at an unmatched scale. The plan reportedly involves making Apple Intelligence the core ambient intelligence layer across the entire Apple ecosystem by 2026, integrated into everything from iPhones and iPads to Macs, Apple TVs, and more.

"By 2026, nearly every Apple device with a screen will run it," claims Gurman.

With such a widespread rollout, there's a strong chance users will opt for Apple's AI over other chatbots, as it will be seamlessly integrated and ready to go across their devices.

Of course, this is all speculative for now. We'll see how things unfold once the global rollout for Apple Intelligence begins. While Apple has officially confirmed iOS 18.1 and a major AirPods Pro 2 firmware update for next week, Gurman has pinpointed the 28th as the launch date when we'll finally get our hands on all the new AI features.

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Leaked internal report shows Apple Intelligence is two years behind ChatGPT

 

[MaestroIT]

Apple is always at least 2 years behind in everything

 

[yRaz]

Considering how useless copilot is, I can't imagine apple AI can get any worse than zero

 

[kiwigraeme]

Considering how useless copilot is, I can't imagine apple AI can get any worse than zero

Yet to try co pilot or gemini. Let the dust settle. Most of the AI assistants over the years seemed to have got more stupid, as resources taken away

 

[Mr Majestyk]

Yet to try co pilot or gemini. Let the dust settle. Most of the AI assistants over the years seemed to have got more stupid, as resources taken away

Hardware Unboxed did the testing for us trying to use it as part for his job, and found it useless and worse than just use ChatGPT within Bing search. Even it's supposed ability to handle computer settings was far slower than doing it yourself.

Microsoft is a rudderless ship under Nadella a CEO that makes Balmer look like Einstein and is so bereft of ideas it only has AI BS to foist on the sheeple to pump it's trash tier OS.

 

[HeeeF]

Hardware Unboxed did the testing for us trying to use it as part for his job, and found it useless and worse than just use ChatGPT within Bing search. Even it's supposed ability to handle computer settings was far slower than doing it yourself.

Microsoft is a rudderless ship under Nadella a CEO that makes Balmer look like Einstein and is so bereft of ideas it only has AI BS to foist on the sheeple to pump it's trash tier OS.

The state of modern windows is truly astonishing. Currently using ReviOS tools to slim down my install, but also considering just going with LTSC for my next build. AI stuff shouldn't be at an OS-level IMO - it can stay in the browser where I'll rarely use it.

 

[Nobina]

Apple user intelligence is behind as well.

 

[Kirby1]

Considering how useless copilot is, I can't imagine apple AI can get any worse than zero

Copilot is great if you know how to use it. Simple searches are better done the standard way, but when looking for an answer to something that would take some time to compile information about, copilot is a great time saver. Not that it's any better or even really any different than chatGPT.

If you haven't used AI in the last 2 months, your info is out of date. This stuff moves very quickly.

 

[yRaz]

Copilot is great if you know how to use it. Simple searches are better done the standard way, but when looking for an answer to something that would take some time to compile information about, copilot is a great time saver. Not that it's any better or even really any different than chatGPT.

If you haven't used AI in the last 2 months, your info is out of date. This stuff moves very quickly.

You have to be able to trust the answers that AI searches give you. While it might be a good starting point, I don't take any answers it gives me at face value. The only real use I've found for AI is editing job reports and work orders which I still have to read over and edit further.

 

[Kirby1]

You have to be able to trust the answers that AI searches give you. While it might be a good starting point, I don't take any answers it gives me at face value. The only real use I've found for AI is editing job reports and work orders which I still have to read over and edit further.

Yea, it's definitely true that it's far from perfect, but it's also far from useless.

Just being able to do a general search and getting a direct answer rather than having to browse through different sites and bat down a bunch of ads is a huge time saver.