HOM 166: Apple's New AI Clean Up Tool

In this episode, Mikah Sargent explores Apple's new Clean Up feature, part of the Apple Intelligence suite, which aims to remove distractions from photos. Clean Up is a new feature in macOS Sequoia's Photos app that uses on-device machine learning to remove unwanted objects from images To use Clean Up, enter edit mode, select the Clean Up tab, and either click, brush, or circle the object to remove Mikah tests Clean Up on a photo of a puppy with a toy in the background; it successfully removes the toy but loses some pillow texture On a building photo, Clean Up struggles to properly remove a person, distorting the stairs Clean Up has difficulty fully removing an iPhone and keyboard from a spatial photo of Leo Laporte Apple's on-device approach to machine learning, driven by privacy, currently falls short of Google's server-side Magic Eraser feature Clean Up is available on all Apple devices that support Apple Intelligence features, including iOS and iPadOS Host: Mikah Sargent Want access to the video version and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

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