Cuso4 wrote:
if it can not be disabled, I’m keeping my 13 forever and I’m not allowing updates. This just made my any decision about replacing my PC and tablet much easier.
iPhone 13 is incapable of Apple Intelligence, though is already running ML for various features including embedded text recognition, and lifting the foreground subject from photos, among other features.
On iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and later, models which do support Apple Intelligence, it can be disabled.
Enabling and disabling is here:
Get started with Apple Intelligence on iPhone - Apple Support
Background in data:
Apple Intelligence and privacy on iPhone - Apple Support