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by alwillis 5d ago
> I've hit some really weird window/workspace UI bugs so far in MacOS27. Lucky for us, macOS 27.2 is already in beta: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/21/apple-seeds-macos-27-2-...
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by alwillis 5d ago
Friendly reminder: Many apps (like dictation apps) ship with their own models totally separate from Apple Intelligence. For example, Co-Typist [1] is very useful, but it requires a model installed with it, ranging from Gemma 3 1B at 0.8 GB
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by alwillis 5d ago
> That's not a reliable source or reference. Read the disclaimer at the bottom. The "Always verify important details. Siri is an Al that may make mistakes." is the new version of "your mileage may vary". Also, I
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by alwillis 5d ago
A couple of things I've done with Apple Intelligence on the Mac: * When I need a prescription refilled, the quickest way is to message my doctor using the patient portal. I created a Shortcut that lets me pick among 5 medications; Appl
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by alwillis 5d ago
Posted: "Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49790409 Not a bad list from Apple.
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Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features on Mac(support.apple.com)
128 points by alwillis 5d ago|79 comments
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by alwillis 5d ago
> It won't be because AI decided to do anything. They never do. In fact, they can't. Well, OpenAI's agents decided a whole lot of things on their own, with no human-in-the loop. They decided to organize themselves; they ca
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by alwillis 7d ago
> I expect that most apps will look rather broken on release, but it will be smoothed out eventually. I don’t think it'll be "most apps". Apple all but told developers in June [1] to update their apps not to assume a fixed
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by alwillis 7d ago
I have no affiliation but Find Any File [1] for macOS is amazingly good! [1]: https://findanyfile.app
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Cook keeping John Ternus away from controversy by attending White House dinner(9to5mac.com)
8 points by alwillis 9d ago|0 comments
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by alwillis 9d ago
Here's a flow chart; tell us at what point there's something Apple can be compelled by a 3-letter organization to produce: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49735284
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by alwillis 9d ago
I made a flow chart of the Apple Reference Image process; hopefully it clears up some misconceptions [1]. [1]: "How pixels become an Apple Reference Image" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49735284
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Flowchart: How pixels become an Apple Reference Image(claude.ai)
2 points by alwillis 9d ago|0 comments
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by alwillis 9d ago
> Apple would be legally restricted from disclosing any government compromises, while still claiming their systems are secure and operating as intended in general. I'm aware. The point is they can't give the NSA something they
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Apple's M6, M7 and M8 Chips Show How AI Is Reshaping the Company(twitter.com)
5 points by alwillis 10d ago|0 comments
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by alwillis 10d ago
> Now that this is easily faked, it is reasonable to expect that the company will ask for a verifiably authentic photograph of your government ID. The image will be authentic, but an authentic image of a fake id isn't useful to them
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by alwillis 10d ago
> So, if compelled, Apple could theoretically tell someone if two images came from the same camera. No they couldn't. If you generate two SSH key pairs on your laptop, there's no way to confirm they were created on the same mac
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by alwillis 10d ago
The reference image isn't linked to any particular iPhone or person: We built Apple Reference Image to avoid using an explicit, public credential for photographers, and to avoid even implicit public association between di
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by alwillis 10d ago
> The NSA has probably already forced Apple to hand the keys over to them. Again, that's not how it works. There's no set of keys and certificates they could give to the NSA. Every iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max has a unique set of
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by alwillis 10d ago
> Nation states almost certainly have the ability to extract the private keys out of an image sensor and SEP. Outside of superpowers even if you're willing to do it destructively. They can then sign their own fraudulent images. That
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by alwillis 10d ago
A non-tech person could handle this: https://app.netlify.com/drop
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by alwillis 10d ago
> This is really clever from Apple. The journalist use case is just the PR story. This will be really useful for identity verification and insurance apps, and has the potential to shift from "you need a smartphone to be able to live
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by alwillis 10d ago
> That said, in the case of Apple, they're historically followers not leaders despite the public image they like to present about innovation While its true Apple usually isn't the first in a product category--not the first mp3
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by alwillis 10d ago
Um… that's already a thing [1]: TL;DR: What is C2PA in 60 seconds What: An open technical standard for embedding cryptographically signed provenance data inside digital media files. Who: Created by a coalition founded b
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by alwillis 10d ago
> It’s almost certainly possible to fool v1 of this system, for some images, in some contexts. It would be shocking if the first implementation was completely perfect. Knowing Apple, they've been working on and testing Apple Referen
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LAUSD Adopts Moratorium on Student AI Use, Another Move to Limit Classroom Tech(edweek.org)
1 points by alwillis 11d ago|0 comments
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by alwillis 11d ago
As someone who listened to Mobb Deep in the 90’s, the way he used that line was impressive, I must say.
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by alwillis 11d ago
> Where are our regulations on Kali Linux, to prevent people from bruteforcing weak WPA passwords? Brute forcing WPA isn’t an existential threat to humanity. It’s not like a biological weapon created using an open-weight model is less da
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by alwillis 12d ago
> I would argue that even if JPEG XL isn't the best choice for Web images, if browsers don't support it then that will widely hinder its adoption for its non-Web use cases. Both Firefox and Chrome [1] have committed to shipping
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by alwillis 13d ago
Pretty sure Claude's classifier is aware of the "for my game" style of potentially dangerous prompts.

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