Restricting math suggestions on iPads iOS 18.1+

ernestoz1999
New Contributor

Hello,

We are a school district and are facing a potential problem with the deep integration of Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.1+. All students use iPads and they are starting to update to 18.1 and above. This is likely going to be a major problem once it's testing season and I'm not the only one worried about this. According to Jamf Support there is currently no way to restrict this "feature" on an MDM level.

 

The problems:

1. In Notes you type an equation and the solution will automatically fill in. 

2. Typing math problems in other apps will show a solution in the keyboard suggestions.

 

What I've tried:

1. Disabling AI settings currently available for config profiles (not applicable)

2. Restricting: spell-check, auto-correction, predictive keyboard, auto-suggestions -- only affects words/grammar, not math.

3. Blocking AI related hosts: https://support.apple.com/en-us/101555

4. Disabling com.apple.calculator

 

There is a potential option but currently Jamf Pro does not support DDM yet. So right now I'm unable to implement this with a configuration profile:

https://github.com/apple/device-management/blob/release/declarative/declarations/configurations/math...

Making a custom profile and installing it manually didn't work. And that would require touching 3000+ devices. Same deal with turning off the suggestions in Settings then disabling the Settings app entirely.

Any suggestions or solutions others have found?

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CSCC-JS
Contributor III

Try creating a signing certificate with jamf - https://learn.jamf.com/en-US/bundle/technical-articles/page/Creating_a_Signing_Certificate_Using_Jam... 

Then sign the git hub profile, and then upload to jamf try to distribute it to the ipads.