Shortcuts creators debut Sky, a new Mac app for AI assistance

Eight years ago, Apple acquired popular automation app Workflow, which later became baked into iOS as Shortcuts. Now, two years removed from their time at Apple, two creators behind Workflow and Shortcuts have a new app coming to macOS: Sky, which brings AI assistance to the Mac. Sky integrates deeply with macOS to offer AI powers across any app Sky was unveiled today by two of its creators, Ari Weinstein and Conrad Kramer, both formerly of Apple after the company acquired Workflow and turned it into Shortcuts. The new Mac app is launching this summer, but in the meantime, MacStories has an exclusive look at what Sky is all about. Federico Viticci writes at MacStories: Sky is an AI-powered assistant that can perform actions and answer questions for any window and any app open on your Mac. On the surface, it may look like any other launcher or LLM with a desktop app: you press a hotkey, and a tiny floating UI comes up. You can see the app in action via a teaser video in which Sky ... Read full article.