Apple enhances iPhones with new AI features ahead of holiday shopping season

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Apple has released a free software update, iOS 18.2, for its latest iPhones, adding new artificial intelligence features just in time for the holiday shopping season. This update allows users to create customized emojis quickly and introduces other AI tools. The update builds on previous enhancements from October and is available for the iPhone 16 and premium iPhone 15 models. Older iPhones will not support these new features due to hardware limitations. Apple is also expanding the AI's appeal with English versions for several countries, while emphasizing user privacy by processing most AI tasks on the device. Users can also access OpenAI's ChatGPT for additional AI capabilities.


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