Apple handles AI tasks on-device wherever possible, but where more power is needed it can call on Apple Intelligence servers, aka Private Cloud Compute (PCC).
If you want to see exactly what data has been sent to PCC, you can call up privacy reports on iPhone, iPad, and Mac – but so far everyone at 9to5Mac who’s checked has found theirs empty …
To be clear, this isn’t an indication that Apple is hiding anything – rather it shows that we’re either not using Apple Intelligence features very often, or that the ones we do use can be handled on-device.
The feature first went live in beta form last summer.
To ensure users’ privacy, Apple has created Private Compute Modules (PCC) with its own chips to process requests online with end-to-end encryption, so that not even the company has access to this data […]
Compatible Apple devices running iOS 18.1 or macOS 15.1 beta have a new “Apple Intelligence Report” menu within the Privacy & Security settings. By going there, users can export a report on their interactions with Apple Intelligence.
You can choose the duration of time included in this report, from 15 minutes at the low end to seven days at the top end.
A number of us at 9to5Mac have tried the 7-day setting, but so far all of us have seen completely empty reports.
To check your own devices, go to Settings > Privacy & Security and scroll down to Transparency Logs.
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