Have you ever used the t not even know that your phone has a built-in AI d has kind of sucked, generating AI imagery that simply isn’t as high-quality as what Apple’s competitors can make. At WWDC 2026 on Monday, Apple announced some necessary improvements to
While we haven’t yet gotten to use the app, Apple’s presentation makes it seem like the company’s overall AI overhaul will make Apple Intelligence-powered apps, like
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“From stunning nature scenes to fun images using multiple people from your Photos library, you can also transform your photos into endless styles just by describing what you want in natural language, and with private cloud compute, your photos are never stored or shared, even with Apple,” said Apple Senior Director Leslie Ikemoto in a WWDC presentation.
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As an example, Ikemoto explained that if you’re throwing a birthday party for your friend, you can design an invitation by using Then, you can use natural language prompting to add candles to the cake or change your friend’s outfit.
“You also have more ways to use the images you create, like choosing the right dimensions for what you’re working on, including a landscape your flyer,” Ikemoto added.
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Since e it to generate lock screens, iMessage backgrounds, contact posters, and more.
AI art is generally pretty corny, but at least Apple won’t use your private photos for AI training, unlike many of its competitors.
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