Starting from September, a new era begins in the Apple ecosystem. With the release of iPhone 16 and iOS 18, artificial intelligence processing will be handled on Apple servers. This marks Apple’s most significant move in the field of artificial intelligence to date. However, the uncertainty remains regarding where the processing power will be located. Recent reports may raise concerns among users.
Today, certain levels of productive artificial intelligence features are provided to mobile device users by manufacturers. While powerful processes are offloaded to servers, specific scenarios are handled by the chipsets in phones. Initial reports suggested that with iOS 18, a significant portion of artificial intelligence processing would take place on Apple A or M processors within the devices. However, the company has prepared servers consisting of Apple M2 Ultra and Apple M4 chips. The complex artificial intelligence processes in the iPhone 16 series will be handled on these servers, thereby preventing overload on the system.
At this point, the possibility of data transmission to the server being manipulated by cyber attackers is the most concerning aspect. Apple plans to process personal data in secure regions on specialized server chips to be introduced next year. Whether such a system will exist in the Apple M2 and M4 series remains a subject of speculation.
