Apple Intelligence may become mandatory in iOS and macOS 27

Until now, Apple has kept Apple Intelligence — the suite of artificial intelligence tools baked into its operating systems — entirely optional. If you don’t want it, you can simply skip it during a new device setup or when updating the system. That show of respect for its customers may change with iOS/macOS 27. Reports suggest that, at least in the first beta, Apple Intelligence is mandatory: On iOS 26 (left), Apple Intelligence can be turned off. On iOS 27 beta 1, it can’t. “So what’s the problem?”, you might ask. Apple’s AI takes up several gigabytes of storage and leaves less headroom for RAM. Not a big deal if you’re running a beefy Mac. I suspect it will be for mine, with its modest 256 GB of storage and a mere 8 GB of RAM 🥲 The Register points to another issue. With the new Siri AI, Spotlight — the system-wide search feature — changes how it behaves. It now attempts to answer queries that previously returned straightforward, predictable results. Brandon Vigliarolo, the post’s…