---
id: "entity-apple-intelligence"
type: "entity"
entityType: "product"
canonicalName: "Apple Intelligence"
aliases: []
source_timestamps: ["§ 3. Keep Decisions Local"]
tags: ["consumer-tech", "ai-architecture"]
related: ["concept-localized-ai-processing", "entity-private-cloud-compute"]
sources: ["governance"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-governance"
originDay: 7
articleStem: "hbr-cl-88-can-ai-agents-be-trusted"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/05/can-ai-agents-be-trusted"
sourceTitle: "Can AI Agents Be Trusted?"
---
# Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence is Apple's AI architecture, highlighted for its approach to data privacy and security: it is designed to limit most AI agent activity strictly to the user's local device to prevent unauthorized access and manipulation. It is the flagship real-world example of [[concept-localized-ai-processing]], paired with [[entity-private-cloud-compute]] for tasks that exceed on-device compute. **Enrichment:** it is a concrete implementation of privacy-forward, partially localized AI processing—though the source's broader 'keep all decisions local' prescription is a policy preference rather than settled best practice.