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Overview
Apple Intelligence is a suite of AI powered tools that add functionality and convenience for macOS users. Apple Intelligence is built into the operating system, starting with MacOS: Sequoia. The University of Chicago is allowing these features based on Apple’s strict security policies regarding customer data protection. These features are subject to change based on new releases of the operating system.
Eligibility requirements
Apple Intelligence is available in macOS 15.1 or later, on Mac models with an M1 silicon processor or later. All applicable models are listed within the article Mac computers with Apple silicon.
Enable Apple Intelligence on Mac
With macOS 15.3 or later, Apple Intelligence is on by default and integrated across features in your apps.
If you have an earlier version of macOS 15 (or if you previously turned off Apple Intelligence):
- Choose Apple menu
- Select System Settings.
- Click Apple Intelligence & Siri
- Click Get Apple Intelligence.
For more information, visit Get Started with Apple Intelligence on Mac.
Currently available
Apple Intelligence is composed of several apps and features that many users can see benefit from. The currently available features allowed by the University include:
- Writing and Communication
- Writing Tools: Helps improve writing through proofreading and rewriting suggestions.
- Summarization: Allows summarization of articles, emails, and audio recordings to help decipher key ideas quickly.
- Siri Enhancements: Siri can handle more complex commands and give more accurate answers, thanks to better language understanding and integration with Apple Intelligence.
- Data Management– Natural language searches help finding documents, photos and other items with greater ease.
- Visual Tools
- Image Creation: Apps such as Genmoji and Image Playground allow users to create unique imagery based on prompts and memories from photos
- Photos and Memories: Create visual memories and storylines with natural language descriptions right in the Photos app.
- Security
- Private cloud compute – Apple Intelligence requests are mostly done on device only. If a request requires more complex processing, the data used to make this request is never retained. This ensures that the customer’s data is never compromised.
- Stateless computation – When data is sent to the Apple hosted servers, stateless computation uses a complex token technology that is only viewable by the requestor. Apple administrators do not have access to this information.
To learn more about what Apple does to this data and how it is secured, please review the Private Cloud Compute Security Guide.
Future features and considerations
Currently, these features for Apple Intelligence are under review. They may be made available for usage on a later date.
- ChatGPT third party integrations – this feature is restricted as we learn more about how ChatGPT integrates itself and retains data.
 Future features to be released for Apple Intelligence on macOS
- Further enhancements for Siri
University Data Policy
To keep our data safe, the University community must adhere to data protection policies, including the Treatment of Confidential Information and Acceptable Use.