The picture above is a mockup of what happened this morning as I didn't take a screenshot.
I was browsing Wikipedia when I noticed a round, "Apple Intelligence"-like icon hovering over the web page.
When I clicked on it to see if I could dismiss it, it disappeared and never came back.
What's super weird is that there is absolutely no documentation on Apple's website, yet it didn't feel part of the webpage itself as it very clearly spilled over the edge of the page when navigating back.
Does anyone know what it is? Thanks!
21 Comments
karashta@piefed.social · 37 pts · 281d
I'm sad that I read this as Weird Al icon and didn't see his face and glorious curly hair
Wfh@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 281d
The logo looks like a stylized interpretation of his glorious curly hair.
spunkycomics@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 281d
I spent so long trying to figure out how that icon looked like Weird AL
Wfh@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 281d
I'm too white and nerdy to have thought about that.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 281d
Dare to be stupid!
TheMadIrishman@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 281d
Do you have Apple Intelligence enabled on your phone? I believe that icon is used to feed it context? I’ve not used it yet, but that seems like the intended purpose?
Wfh@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 281d
Yes but I don't use it and have no idea how to activate it anyway
crank0271@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 281d
You can (and probably should) disable it: Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri > toggle Apple Intelligence off.
Wfh@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 281d
True.
First I just want to reproduce this behavior to understand it though.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 281d
Why?
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 280d
Privacy
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 280d
Such as? Almost all of the processing is done on device.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 280d
Why would someone want their UI cluttered with a feature they've no interest in?
Kronusdark@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 280d
I opened safari to Wikipedia and I don’t see that icon. AFAIK there isn’t a feature that adds a floating icon like that.
I think it’s a browser extension.
Wfh@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 280d
That's the point. I can't reproduce this behavior so I can't understand what the hell this was.
The only extension I use is AdGuard.
Kronusdark@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 280d
It's so weird, I've watched all the Apple announcement videos, all of the "whats new" videos, and i've been beta testing iOS 26 and 26.1. (I am an iOS developer) I have never seen this specific UI anywhere. I've spent the last 30 minutes trying to reproduce and I can't make it happen (I even installed AdGuard to check).
Either you got some unexpected extension installed, you hit on some Safari bug, or you somehow found a feature that was not fully released yet.
just weird.
Wfh@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 280d
Honestly I don't understand either. I can't find anything remotely similar to this.
I'm just hoping it's not some kind of exploit hidden as a "new" UI component.
Kronusdark@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 280d
What happens when you tap the icon?Nvm I reread your post.
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 278d
Heads up, you can change over to uBlock Origin Lite. In case you haven’t heard
Wfh@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 277d
Nice!
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 278d
Yep, definitely looks like the stock AI indicator. No idea how you made it show up there, but fwiw it doesn’t do anything in the places it’s supposed to show up either
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