Apple event – live: ‘AI iPhone’ revealed at pivotal WWDC event

Every platform updated – with a major focus on ‘Apple Intelligence’

Apple’s WWDC kicks off in Cupertino, California, on 10 June, 2024 (Tim Cook/ X)

Apple showed off the future of the iPhone, and the rest of its products, at its annual developer conference on Monday.

The company began its Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC, in California, showing off software updates for all of its platforms. It welcomed iOS 18 as well as new versions of the operating systems for the iPad, Apple Watch, Mac and its Vision Pro headset.

There was a lot of hype surrounding artificial intelligence in the build-up to the event, with Apple facing questions about what it plans to do with the technology.

While the term ‘artificial intelligence’ was barely referenced in the 100-minute keynote, a new term called ‘Apple Intelligence’ was mentioned more than 50 times.

It will be integrated into a host of Apple’s products, including its popular voice assistant Siri.

Follow all the latest news from the conference and watch a full live stream of the event below.

Key Points

• Today’s biggest announcements
• What actually is Apple Intelligence?
• All the key infographics from WWDC

[10 June 2024 17:02 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

Watch live stream of Apple’s WWDC keynote

With just one hour to go until WWDC 2024 gets underway, Apple has its live stream ready to go.

You can watch it here:

[10 June 2024 17:02 · Andrew Griffin]

Developers and world’s media arrive at Apple Park

It’s a gloriously sunny day at Apple’s campus in San Jose, and guests are gathering with the conference about to begin in an hour or so. Some milling around are even wearing Apple Vision Pros...

Guests are mostly developers who won a lottery to be here. These days, it’s mostly a virtual event – those at Apple Park watch the same video as everyone else, though on a big screen.

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[10 June 2024 17:16 · Andrew Griffin]

Settle in for a long one

There’s 45 minutes until the keynote kicks off. It might be worth using that time to refresh yourself, stretch out, and get some refreshments: it’s going to be a long one.

Last year’s was over two hours, and they’ve got progressively longer each year since they went virtual. This year’s doesn’t look like it will change that. Expect two hours or even more.

[10 June 2024 17:35 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

How many times will Apple say ‘AI’?

Apple has a tendency to avoid the term artificial intelligence during its big events, often preferring other terms like machine learning.

This year it feels unavoidable, and it’s rumoured to be one of the main topics at today’s WWDC - although some believe it may be referred to as ‘Apple Intelligence’.

Tech YouTube channel Computer Clan has offered to donate $10 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for every time ‘AI’ is mentioned at today’s keynote. If it’s anything like Google’s recent event then that sum could reach well north of $1,000.

Every time Apple says "AI" during the #WWDC keynote, I'll donate $10 to St. Jude. pic.twitter.com/On7kS3Hhmn

— Computer Clan (@thecomputerclan) June 10, 2024

[10 June 2024 17:36 · Andrew Griffin]

There has been heavy rumours about a tie-up between Apple and OpenAI, which will use the ChatGPT creator’s AI tech to power some new iPhone and Mac features. Those rumours appear to be confirmed: OpenAI’s chief executive Sam Altman is here at Apple Park for today’s keynote.

Altman’s previous appearance on the WWDC stage – in 2008, when he was the CEO of a previous venture, Loopt – lives in minor infamy, for the fact that he wore two polo shirts at once:

(Apple)

(He’s just wearing a blue cotton T-shirt today.)

[10 June 2024 17:52 · Andrew Griffin]

Apple gives more AI hints

We probably don’t need any more hints that today’s event will be focused on AI. But Apple is giving them to us anyway. Marketing boss Greg Joswiak has posted yet another.

He’d previous said the event was going to be “Absolutely Incredible”. (Capitals are his.)

[10 June 2024 17:54 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

Sam Altman at WWDC

Pictures of Sam Altman at WWDC are being shared on social media, revealing that he is unfortunately not wearing two polo shirts this time.

(Clément Sauvage/ X)

[10 June 2024 17:58 · Andrew Griffin]

Tim Cook opens WWDC

Apple chief executive Tim Cook is on stage to open the event. (This bit isn’t part of the video.)

He reveals that people are here from 65 countries and says that “developers are so important to us”.

[10 June 2024 17:58 · Anthony Cuthbertson]

Watch Apple WWDC live stream

We’re off! You can watch the live stream of WWDC 2024 right here:

[10 June 2024 17:59 · Andrew Griffin]

This is going to be a ‘big one’, says software boss

Craig Federighi – software boss at Apple, as well as a favourite of developers – has joined Tim Cook on stage. He says that today is going to be a “big one”.

He jokes that it will only be a “rapid fire conveyor belt of pure facts” and that there will be “absolutely zero fun”. (He usually appears in silly costumes and props, with a range of more or less funny dad jokes.)