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This year's event, maintaining its recent tradition, will be held online, offering global access to developers and enthusiasts eager to see the latest advancements in Apple's ecosystem.

It outlaws specific AI applications deemed harmful to citizens' rights, including emotion detection in workplaces and schools, social scoring, predictive policing based solely on profiling, and manipulative or exploitative AI systems.

This legislation, known as "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act," aims to safeguard American citizens from apps influenced by adversarial nations.

This move allows users to switch seamlessly between audio tracks and their corresponding music videos directly within the Spotify app, enhancing the music listening experience with a visual dimension.

In addition to message editing, Instagram introduced several other significant features, including the ability to toggle read receipts on or off and to pin up to three chats at the top of the inbox for quick access.

The acquisition brings the expertise of DarwinAI's team, including AI researcher Alexander Wong from the University of Waterloo, directly into Apple's AI division.

This decision comes as a direct response to the EU's critique of Apple's restrictive rules, which have limited third-party developers from informing users about alternative, more affordable streaming services outside the iOS ecosystem.