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The release of the Google Pixel 10 phones with deeply integrated AI features that offer impressive new capabilities has revealed how vulnerable the iPhone 17 could be.
Many of the smartest AI services in the world are already on the iPhone as apps, and so there's the possibility that Apple could partner with them for deeper integrations.
The new AI camera features in the Pixel 10 could be the biggest differentiator between it and the iPhone 17.
While the iPhone has virtually all of the smartest AI apps available from the latest AI trailblazers, it lacks the kind of deep integration of AI features that are only available at the intersection of the operating system and the latest hardware. That's what we've seen with the rollout of Google's Pixel 10 lineup.
Here are seven features from AI leaders that would make a huge impact if they were seamlessly embedded at the system level in the iPhone 17.
1. ChatGPT's Voice Mode
OpenAI's Voice Mode in ChatGPT essentially works the way I've always wanted Siri to work on the iPhone. You just fire it up and start talking to it in natural language, and it can answer questions, pull up information, and even carry out a few actions. ZDNET's Sabrina Ortiz has explained how to assign Voice Mode to the iPhone's Action Button to use it like a Siri replacement.
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