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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern

Why passwords still matter in the age of AI

A young man looks at Apple's new iPhone 8 Plus at the Apple Store of Omotesando shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, 2017.
Apple launched its new Passwords app at last night’s event to little fanfare – but it could be one of the more consequential changes of the year. Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA

Whether it stands for artificial intelligence or, er, Apple intelligence, AI is the hot news of the day. Which is why I think it’s time to talk about [sits backwards on chair] passwords.

It may have been buried in the reporting of last night’s Apple event – which the inestimable Kari Paul and Nick Robins-Early covered for us from Cupertino and New York – but one of the more consequential changes coming to the company’s platforms in the next year is the creation of a new Passwords app.

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