@mitchw @cstross this is not a thing. You may have turned on the, unrelated and years old, Announce notifications feature. https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/have-siri-announce-calls-and-notifications-iph838fd6fd4/ios?cmdf=announce+notifications+apple

@mitchw I know it's off the point you were making. But the phrase who signs my paycheck. You Americans sound submissive and easily bullied.

@JosjeT @mitchw

this is the price to be paid for following every trend, like a good little sheeple.

you bought the ticket, now take the ride!

and FUCK APPLE!

@mitchw Maybe you, as a consumer, have made a poor choice?

@mitchw just a thought: if I was your boss I'd be more concerned about your choice to use services that listen in on private company business. Still, I get the annoyance; sadly Apple is crap-ifying their stuff just like every other desperate tech fiefdom.

@mitchw @prk almost everything I’ve seen since it launched are articles saying “here’s how you turn it off”. Reckon Apple Intelligence is going to be even less popular than the Vision Pro, and it’s *free*

@mitchw @prk I extra-don’t-want it on my Mac, but that’s mainly because I don’t want the machine touching my writing. I like to write, I like picking particular devices and turns of phrase, and I definitely don’t want my computer saying “but what if you wrote this instead?” in the middle of it. It’s possible that it could be adjusted not to interfere in bad ways, but I don’t feel like there are any actual features I want so I’ve just left it off.

@mitchw

Worse yet. Apple is spying on you!!!

@mitchw
I turned all that shite off. I don’t need a summary of a 3 word email, yo!

@mitchw what did u xpect?

@mitchw @cstross sounds terrible for sure but I promise not related Apple Intelligence! Sounds like the ”Speak text” feature of macOS especially since like you said, it came from your Mac. It uses the Siri voice. There is a keyboard shortcut to activate, maybe accidental?

@futurebird @mitchw
2/2
I grew in a family that looked desperately for pot lucks to feed their many children, so I've seen many strange things combined with jello, but people didn't come up with those ideas naturally; they had to be propagandized into it.

@futurebird @mitchw
addendum: there is no combination of jello salad and canned meats that is as horrible as "You can now call ChatGPT on your phone!"

@mitchw the post-“AI” era of tech is its most pathetic and embarrassing ever