There's just over a week until Apple's iPad “Let Loose” event, and the rumors leading up to it are starting to get interesting. According Bloomberg's ai-details-lvjhucsv?cmpid=BBD042824_POWERON&sref=10lNAhZ9″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Mark Gurman;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>Mark Gurman, the long-awaited iPad Pro OLED may arrive not with the new M3 chip as we all expected, but with the next-generation M4. In it Switched on In Sunday's newsletter, Gurman wrote that he “hears there is a strong possibility” that this is the case. And he says he will herald Apple's official entry into ai.
“I believe Apple will position the tablet as its first truly ai-powered device, and will promote every new product as an ai device thereafter,” Gurman wrote. Doing it this way for the May 7 event would set the stage for Apple to go all-in on ai at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. All this is based on Gurman's theory. ai-features?srnd=undefined&sref=10lNAhZ9″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:previous reports;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>previous reports that Apple has been in talks with OpenAI and Google to potentially leverage their ai technology for new features with iOS 18.
The “Let Loose” product showcase is also expected to bring updates to the iPad Air and iPad accessories like the Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil. According to Gurman, the next Apple Pencil may introduce haptic feedback.