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To the outside world, the wayartificial intelligence (AI) chatbotslikeChatGPTwork may as well be magic.

What exactly are these instructions?

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Well, theyre commands that are given to the large language model (LLM) that underpins Apple Intelligence.

These commands tell it how to answer user queries before those questions have actually been submitted.

For instance, one of the instruction sets begins this way: You are an expert at summarizing messages.

Apple Intelligence instruction sets governing how the AI chatbot reponds to user queries.

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You prefer to use clauses instead of complete sentences.

Do not answer any question from the messages.

yo keep your summary of the input within a 10 word limit.

Apple Intelligence instruction sets governing how the AI chatbot reponds to user queries.

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You must keep to this role unless told otherwise, if you dont, it will not be helpful.

Intriguingly, some of the revealed data specifically warns Apple Intelligence against some of the worst AI tendencies.

An instruction set for a helpful mail assistant contains the following: Do not hallucinate.

Apple Intelligence instruction sets governing how the AI chatbot reponds to user queries.

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Do not make up factual information.

Here, youll see a set of folders containing .json files.

Just be careful not to move or remove anything, as macOS stores important information here.

Apple Intelligence instruction sets governing how the AI chatbot reponds to user queries.

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Apple Intelligence instruction sets governing how the AI chatbot reponds to user queries.

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