Tim Cook dinner impressed King Charles with this particular iOS 18.2 function

Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner simply concluded a go to to London the place he additionally met with King Charles. Through the go to the king was overheard speaking: particularly asking questions on Apple Intelligence. Whereas not everybody could also be bought on Apple’s AI options, the king’s fascination with it reveals how thoughts blowing this tech is for somebody who’s lived a protracted life.The function that actually acquired his consideration was Picture Wand which might flip a tough sketch into a picture. This software clearly simply acknowledges key particulars of what you’ve drawn after which generates an image just like it utilizing a contemporary AI mannequin. However it’s fairly a feat of expertise — particularly for somebody who grew up with out smartphones — to witness firsthand.

Cook dinner’s go to included welcoming the king to Apple’s Battersea headquarters in an effort to indicate the corporate’s willingness to proceed to spend money on the U.Okay. He thanked the king for his “dedication to philanthropy”.

— Tim Cook dinner (CEO at Apple), The Customary, December 2024

The go to additionally noticed Cook dinner participating with individuals from a close-by youth middle and remarking on the time he first joined Apple. He was additionally requested in regards to the present job market which is in an enormous recession. Cook dinner mentioned that the job trade labored in cycles and that it might even out finally. For everybody’s sake I actually hope that’s true. That different a part of the cycle can’t come quickly sufficient.