{"slug": "apple-s-new-ai-tools-may-require-an-icloud-upgrade-for-extended-usage", "title": "Apple's New AI Tools May Require an iCloud+ Upgrade for Extended Usage", "summary": "Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company may introduce a new iCloud+ tier to offer extended AI usage and recover compute costs, as its revamped Siri and Apple Intelligence features will be free initially but power users may need to pay for more extensive use.", "body_md": "Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company may introduce an iCloud+ tier to offer extended AI usage and recover some of its compute costs.\n\nApple’s revamped Siri and new Apple Intelligence features may be free to start, but power users will likely have to pay to get more out of them. The news came during the company’s latest", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-s-new-ai-tools-may-require-an-icloud-upgrade-for-extended-usage", "canonical_source": "https://uk.pcmag.com/ai/166478/apples-new-ai-tools-may-require-an-icloud-upgrade-for-extended-usage", "published_at": "2026-07-31 09:40:11+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-31 09:56:10.725666+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Apple", "Tim Cook", "Siri", "Apple Intelligence", "iCloud+"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-s-new-ai-tools-may-require-an-icloud-upgrade-for-extended-usage", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-s-new-ai-tools-may-require-an-icloud-upgrade-for-extended-usage.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-s-new-ai-tools-may-require-an-icloud-upgrade-for-extended-usage.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/apple-s-new-ai-tools-may-require-an-icloud-upgrade-for-extended-usage.jsonld"}}