If you’ve been counting on Apple’s AI capabilities to help you write a Facebook post or create a custom emoji for an Instagram Story, you may be out of luck now. As initially reported by Sorcererhat Tech (via 9to5Mac), Meta’s iOS apps, such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, do not now use Apple Intelligence features. As of this writing, Engadget has verified that Apple Intelligence is not functioning in the apps.
As of right now, Meta’s apps lack Apple Intelligence features like Genmoji in addition to authoring tools (such as text production and proofreading). Previously, users could add Memoji and keyboard graphics to Instagram Stories, but that is no longer possible.
Meta may have chosen not to use Apple Intelligence when creating iOS apps, which is an option available to developers. It might be trying to encourage people to use Facebook and other platforms’ own Meta AI features. Apple and Meta have been contacted by Engadget for comment.
According to a WSJ article from the previous year, Apple and Meta had talked about a possible collaboration that would introduce Apple Intelligence to Llama, Meta’s AI language model. But according to reports, Apple opted to back out of the agreement because it disagreed with the company’s privacy practices. App Store policies are another common point of contention between Apple and Meta.
Unfortunately, this implies that iOS users will not be able to utilize Apple Intelligence in some of the world’s most popular apps. In the future, hopefully, the corporation will adopt a different strategy.
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