Apple is back with a vengeance, integrating its AI features into macOS 27 Golden Gate in a way that can no longer be turned off. The company's insistence on these features has led to a new version of Siri, and the AI is now a central part of the macOS experience.
The update promises incremental improvements, addressing some of the design issues of its predecessor, macOS 26 Tahoe, while also offering under-the-hood optimizations to make common tasks faster and more reliable.
The most significant change, however, is the system requirements: macOS 27 Golden Gate is the first release since the mid-2000s to run exclusively on Apple Silicon, rendering Intel Macs obsolete. Six years after the beginning of the Apple Silicon era, this marks the final push for Intel support, leaving behind a handful of 2019 and 2020-era Intel Macs that can no longer run the latest version of macOS.
For users, this means the AI and its associated features are now unavoidable. The question remains: how will this impact our relationship with technology, and what’s next for Apple's AI integration?
