- On macOS Sequoia 15.1 beta 1, users with eligible Macs can access some of the system files associated with Apple Intelligence.
- These include hidden prompts that direct the technology to provide relevant results and refrain from hallucinating.
- Apple Intelligence’s hidden prompts also prohibit the AI features from outputting negative results.
Apple Intelligence powers the new Writing Tools and AI summaries on iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1. While these AI features are fueled by the same model (dubbed internally as Ajax), the content they output differs in length, tone, and style. That’s because Apple has tied each feature to a hidden prompt that dictates how it should process inputted user data and ensures that the output is contextually relevant.
Reddit user Devanxd2000 discovered (via The Verge) that macOS Sequoia 15.1 beta 1 packs some json files with hidden prompts for Apple Intelligence features. The files can be located by heading to /System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels on a compatible Mac. For example, the smart replies feature in Apple Mail is powered by the following prompt: