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New survey suggests the vast majority of iPhone and Samsung Galaxy users find AI useless – and I’m not surprised


Apathetic indifference

It’s no secret that AI is an environmental catastrophe in motion, consuming and emitting huge levels of CO2, so greener folks may opt to give it a miss. It could also be that everyday consumers have tuned out due to the prolonged, messy software rollouts of Apple Intelligence and One UI 7 – even as a full-time tech journalist, I’ve found both hard to follow at times. Even as someone who's making a career of being excited about phones, I’ve yet to see an AI feature announced that doesn't look like a chore to use or an overbearing generative tool.

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