macOS 27's release notes hide usage limits on Siri AI and Image Playground

Apple’s own release notes for macOS 27 Golden Gate quietly disclose that there will be usage limits on several marquee Apple Intelligence features.

Apple released the notes on Wednesday, five days before the update goes live on September 14.

Siri AI and other tools have a usage limit

That information is concealed in a single line at the bottom of Apple’s notes, far below the product announcements.

“Certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models are subject to daily usage limits, including but not limited to Siri AI, Intelligent Photo Editing Tools, Image Playground, and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts,” the release notes state.

Apple doesn’t say what those limits are, how often people would hit them, or if they reset daily.

Anyone who thought they’d be using the rebuilt Siri or new photo tools as their day-to-day utilities is getting real ambiguity. The headline features are metered, and Apple just says so in the terms.

The named products track closely with the functions Apple promotes hardest. Siri AI is the star of the show.

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