Apple is speeding up the development of more artificial intelligence capabilities, approaching the completion of a new software tool that interests app developers and increases competition with Microsoft.
The company has been working on developing the tool throughout the past year as part of the upcoming major release of Xcode software, which is the company’s main programming tool.
Apple has now increased internally auditing its features and stepped up efforts in its development before releasing it to software developers at the beginning of this year.
The upcoming major release of Xcode is being operated similarly to Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot system, using artificial intelligence to predict and complete coding instructions, making the programming process easier and saving time and effort.
Apple is also exploring using machine learning to create coding instructions for application testing, a complex task in many cases.
Apple encourages some engineers to test the new artificial intelligence features internally to verify their quality before making them available to external developers.
These steps are part of broad efforts towards developing creative artificial intelligence and large-language models.
Apple aims to keep up with its competitors in the technology sector in this thriving market, despite promising to discuss its artificial intelligence plans later this year.
An announcement is expected in June, during the company’s annual developers’ conference.
Craig Federighi, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, requested his teams to develop many new artificial intelligence features for this year’s operating system updates.
The leader tasked his assistants with preparing the benefits that use technology, and executive managers presented artificial intelligence features to the board at the end of last year.
iOS 18 is expected to come with a significant number of new features relying on artificial intelligence. The company plans to promote this update as one of the most important updates in the 16-year history of the iPhone.
Apple also plans to introduce some artificial intelligence features into the upcoming version of macOS.
Apple aims to implement a gradual strategy in developing smart technology without making significant improvements for years.
The company explored other new artificial intelligence features, such as those that automate creating playlists in Apple Music and creating slideshows in Keynote, competing with PowerPoint.
Other features being considered include an updated version of Spotlight, a system-wide search feature.
The new version is expected to be able to switch features within applications and answer complex questions using data trained from large language models.
Early designs for improving Spotlight’s main feature include using large language models to answer difficult questions and making excellent use of applications to perform specific functions.
The current Spotlight stands out for its ability to run applications, conduct basic online searches, and provide information such as weather conditions and sports results.
The company continues to enhance its large language model collection to develop Siri and other services like AppleCare support.
The company looks to improve Siri’s ability to efficiently answer complex questions, and customer service teams are working on speeding up chat and phone support. Apple is also investing in artificial intelligence technology to enhance its health features.
