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Snap launches Specs Intelligence AI to anticipate user needs across devices

The company's new anticipatory AI service will organize personal context and proactively surface information without prompting.

What to know

  • Snap introduced Specs Intelligence, an anticipatory AI that uses personal context to proactively surface information and actions across iPhone, Mac, and Specs AR glasses.
  • The service organizes life areas (Corners) and tracks goals, and can highlight meeting talking points or bundle trip details without being prompted.
  • Snap claims strong privacy controls: personal data won't train its models or target ads, users choose what apps connect to the service, and the AI requests consent before acting.

“You choose what the service has access to via apps or information”

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    Snap emphasizes privacy controls for Specs Intelligence

    Snap stated that Specs Intelligence users' personal content will not be used to train AI models or serve personalized ads. Users control which apps the service can access, and the AI prompts for consent before taking actions, using on-device processing and secure cloud infrastructure.

    “your personal content will not be used to train Snap's AI models or service personalized ads…”
    — Snap
  2. background

    Snap reveals Specs Intelligence AI alongside new AR glasses — Snap announced Specs Intelligence, an anticipatory AI service designed to work across iPhone, Mac, and Specs AR glasses. The service uses personal context to understand user routines, goals, and priorities, then carries that context across devices and anticipates when help would be useful.