Artificial Intelligence
Apple adds AI assistant to productivity apps
Apple said a beta assistant built on Apple and OpenAI models would draft, edit and organise work across Keynote, Pages and Numbers, with third-party agent support on newer Macs.
- Apple said it was rolling out a beta AI assistant for Keynote, Pages and Numbers on devices compatible with Apple Intelligence.
- The assistant used models from Apple and OpenAI.
- Apple said the assistant could design and refine slides in Keynote, draft and restructure text in Pages, and calculate and organise data in Numbers.
- Keynote, Pages and Numbers supported the Model Context Protocol on macOS 27 or later, allowing third-party AI agents to connect to them.
- Apple said Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro and Final Cut Pro were also getting updates, and Creator's Studio changes would be free to existing subscribers in November.
Apple said it was adding a beta AI assistant to Keynote, Pages and Numbers. The company said the assistant used models from Apple and OpenAI and would appear on devices compatible with Apple Intelligence.
In Keynote, Apple said the assistant could work from a document’s context to design, animate and refine slides. In Pages, it could draft, restructure and edit text, while in Numbers it could calculate, visualise and organise data, suggest chart types and build custom tables.
Apple also said Keynote, Pages and Numbers would support the Model Context Protocol on macOS 27 or later. That would allow third-party AI agents to connect to those apps.
The company said several other creative tools were being updated as well. Pixelmator Pro gained Generate Fill, Logic Pro for Mac and iPad gained an AI assistant and a redesigned Browser, and Final Cut Pro gained templates and a Content Hub, with Creator's Studio updates due free to existing subscribers in November.
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Companies
- Apple
- announced the assistant and related app updates
- OpenAI
- supplied models used by the assistant
- MotionVFX
- provided the templates, graphics, titles and transitions for Final Cut Pro
Products and systems
- Keynote
- gained assistant features and MCP support
- Pages
- gained drafting and restructuring features and MCP support
- Numbers
- gained data organisation features and MCP support
- Model Context Protocol
- was added to the apps for third-party AI agents
- Apple Intelligence
- marked the compatible devices for the beta rollout
- Logic Pro
- got an AI assistant and interface updates
- Pixelmator Pro
- introduced Generate Fill
- Final Cut Pro
- got templates, graphics, titles and transitions plus a Content Hub
- Creator's Studio
- had updates that existing subscribers would receive free in November
How the source tells it
The piece was a straightforward product announcement, but it leaned on Apple’s own feature claims and promotional wording.
- vendor boosterism Apple’s capability claims were repeated as a feature-by-feature catalogue without independent checking