iOS added animations to the iMessage app a while back. When it detects that you’ve said certain things or sent certain emojis, it shows an animation. I think one of those things is that “yay” or “congrats” gets you confetti all over the screen.
Not sure why it’s happening for “I think we should see other people,” though.
Signalgate was most likely caused because Siri thought a journalist was a Trump official and added his number to the contact book. (Well caused by both AI and gross incompetence)
Ah ok. I don’t use iOS but I thought they could have been trying to use an LLM to assess messages for automatic effects instead of just using keywords like Facebook.
Definitely just keywords. I don’t use iOS either, but I think I remember early on people were getting wildly incorrect reactions because of stuff that basically boiled down to the Scunthorpe Problem.
Doesn’t look like it’s reading it over the network or sending up any data. It seems like it’s just doing it locally, in the process of loading the message.
Ironically, this is the comment in this thread that’s not paranoid enough, because to my knowledge both Google and Samsung use their own closed-source message and phone apps, along with other standard apps. (Idk about other vendors, but the same is pretty likely for major brands.)
Google integrates its own services in both the phone and messaging apps: namely spam reporting and blocking. I’m guessing that other major brands also have services to that end.
Google’s ‘Messages’ also has a button to make a video call, and I dunno even what app and protocol would be used for that, as I never used video calls and don’t have any Google apps for that functionality.
Yes, iOS displays your messages. In order to do that it has to read your messages. That’s just how computers work. Same for Windows, iOS, Android, Linux, and even Temple OS.
I mean, how do you think spelling correction works? Local on-device “reading” of text is a pretty simple feature that’s used for a bunch of stuff (detecting URLs, email addresses…)
While Apple’s code isn’t open-source, I believe they’ve subjected their code to third-party audit in the past for confirmation that the data isn’t being sent off-device.
Sure, as you do with any software. A computer is always looking at your data and input. That’s how it works. Unless you audit it yourself, you have to take someone else’s word it isn’t doing something it isn’t supposed to.
iOS automatically detects certain key words/phrases, and does animations. Or you can just hold down the Send button to trigger it (and a variety of other effects) manually. This person went out of their way to intentionally trigger the confetti with the “I think we should see other people” message, by holding Send and then selecting the confetti option.
What is with the confetti?
iOS added animations to the iMessage app a while back. When it detects that you’ve said certain things or sent certain emojis, it shows an animation. I think one of those things is that “yay” or “congrats” gets you confetti all over the screen.
Not sure why it’s happening for “I think we should see other people,” though.
Looks like the first message has an engagement ring and heart emoji
That’s how the contact is saved in their phone, a name with a ring and heart.
Huh, I wonder if it set off the confetti anyway
It did not because that’s not how it works
That appears to be part of the contact’s name
It’s because it’s typical fake bs. iOS wouldn’t do confetti on a conversion like this.
Definitely possible, but I’ve seen Apple release weirder bugs. Especially when they brought this functionality over to FaceTime.
We could also consider the possibility this is a meme made for funny.
I choose to trust my fellow human. If the meme says it happened, who am I to say I know better?
I think there’s a reason the message before is hidden.
AI doing AI things.
Signalgate was most likely caused because Siri thought a journalist was a Trump official and added his number to the contact book. (Well caused by both AI and gross incompetence)
https://youtu.be/KFYyfrTIPQY
The animation (and this meme) have been around for way longer than modern AI. IIRC I remember seeing this meme in 2019.
But it’s not Ai? You can send animations for any message on iMessage, people just don’t realize you have to hold the send button to open the menu.
The animations (and this image, actually) predate the current idea of AI by several years.
Ah ok. I don’t use iOS but I thought they could have been trying to use an LLM to assess messages for automatic effects instead of just using keywords like Facebook.
Definitely just keywords. I don’t use iOS either, but I think I remember early on people were getting wildly incorrect reactions because of stuff that basically boiled down to the Scunthorpe Problem.
so… is ios reading all your messages now or what
Doesn’t look like it’s reading it over the network or sending up any data. It seems like it’s just doing it locally, in the process of loading the message.
a lot of things “seem” that way on android devices too, tbh.
On Android devices, the apps are auditable as part of the AOSP. If they were exfiltrating data, a security researcher would already have flagged it.
Ironically, this is the comment in this thread that’s not paranoid enough, because to my knowledge both Google and Samsung use their own closed-source message and phone apps, along with other standard apps. (Idk about other vendors, but the same is pretty likely for major brands.)
I just looked, and you’re absolutely right. I had no idea that the Messages app wasn’t part of the AOSP. Very interesting (and not in a good way)
Google integrates its own services in both the phone and messaging apps: namely spam reporting and blocking. I’m guessing that other major brands also have services to that end.
Google’s ‘Messages’ also has a button to make a video call, and I dunno even what app and protocol would be used for that, as I never used video calls and don’t have any Google apps for that functionality.
Yes, iOS displays your messages. In order to do that it has to read your messages. That’s just how computers work. Same for Windows, iOS, Android, Linux, and even Temple OS.
I mean, how do you think spelling correction works? Local on-device “reading” of text is a pretty simple feature that’s used for a bunch of stuff (detecting URLs, email addresses…)
you’d have to take it at their word all of this stays inside the device.
None of what’s been mentioned above requires server-side processing.
While Apple’s code isn’t open-source, I believe they’ve subjected their code to third-party audit in the past for confirmation that the data isn’t being sent off-device.
So kind of, but not entirely.
Sure, as you do with any software. A computer is always looking at your data and input. That’s how it works. Unless you audit it yourself, you have to take someone else’s word it isn’t doing something it isn’t supposed to.
haha touché, computers always invade your privacy anyway!
apple stans always with the very best reasoning.
You can manually show whatever animation you want just hold down the send button
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Cap or no cap
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That’s a cup
iOS automatically detects certain key words/phrases, and does animations. Or you can just hold down the Send button to trigger it (and a variety of other effects) manually. This person went out of their way to intentionally trigger the confetti with the “I think we should see other people” message, by holding Send and then selecting the confetti option.
Maybe they thought it was like throwing a smoke bomb, and they could ghost while it clears.
Brutal.