Apple expanded Apple Intelligence this week to include a suite of accessibility tools, including eye-tracking controls for the Apple Vision Pro and AI-generated subtitles for videos.
While Joanna Stern noted on Fresh Air that she has been testing the feature for daily tasks, she remains skeptical of its social utility. "If I had done this and just trusted AI to respond to my boss, respond to my wife, I would have lost my job and my wife." she said.
The focus on accessibility marks a pivot from the software's initial reputation as a simple text-generation tool. While Apple is betting that these tangible, utility-driven features will win over skeptics, early users like Stern suggest that the technology still struggles with the nuance required for high-stakes human communication.