We finally got a look at one of Siri's big Apple Intelligence updates. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple Intelligence's official launch is less than a week away, but it's the next wave of AI updates that will start to make Siri a lot more useful.The forthcoming iOS 18.2 update - now available as a developer beta - starts to make your phone a lot smarter with the addition of Visual Intelligence and the ability to pass Siri requests along to ChatGPT. On phones that support Apple Intelligence, Siri won't just be a let me Google that for you" machine; now it's a let me ChatGPT that for you" machine, with all that entails: good, bad, and everything in between.By default, Siri will ask for confirmation every time it wants to pass on a request to ChatGPT. This makes a lot of sense, and I thought I'd prefer that behavior. But after an... Continue reading...

Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple's second iOS 18.2 developer beta includes a new feature for update's integration with ChatGPT: users will be able to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus from the Settings menu, 9to5Mac reports.ChatGPT Plus is OpenAI's paid version of ChatGPT, offering features like more messages with its GPT-4o model, for $19.99 per month. If you end up using ChatGPT a lot within iOS - you'll be able to track in Settings if you approach the daily free limit of ChatGPT's more powerful capabilities - the upgrade could be worth it.It's unclear if Apple is taking a cut of those subscriptions made from Settings. Apple and OpenAI didn't immediately reply to a request for comment.Apple is also reportedly in talks with Google on an integration with Google's Gemini.... Continue reading...