Apple’s New AI Security Move Will Transform Your iPhone Forever

Apple’s AI tools will be powered by in-house server chips, allowing the iPhone maker to boost security and privacy as it releases iOS 18. Apple has put Mac-grade chips in data centers for fall launch in tandem with iOS 18, according to a new report by Bloomberg.

Code named ACDC—Apple Chips in Data Centers—the new iOS 18 move will allow the iPhone maker to offer AI features using on-device and cloud approaches for powerful yet secure and private AI.Apple planned the move three years ago, but it has been accelerated to meet the iOS 18 timeline after various AI launches such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the report says.

Apple unveiled its M4 chips at its iPad event earlier this week, which include upgrades to what it calls the neural engine enabling powerful AI features. Apple CEO Tim Cook called it “an outrageously powerful chip for AI.”

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal wrote how Apple placing chips in its own servers would offer the iPhone maker the potential to gain “an advantage in the AI arms race.”