How can I disable Siri's AI features on iPhone running iOS 18.3.2?

As far as having Siri read or tell you about a message in CarPlay it's all OR nothing. If you don't want Siri to read or in the case you referred to, describe a photo, you will have to turn off this feature, by going into the Settings app on your iPhone > Notifications > Messages > Show in CarPlay and turn off the switch.

Siri will no longer read your text messages to you, nor describe a photo. You cannot get so granular as to stop Siri from describing a photo, but still read your messages to you.

croixmom99 wrote:

Thank you for this. Except I do not have the Apple Intelligence option. In Settings I only have Siri and there is no option to turn off Apple Intelligence.

Do you have the iPhone 14 your original post indicates? If so, you don't have Apple Intelligence at all. Therefore, it can neither be turned on or off.

What specific features are you trying to disable? We may be able to tell you what they are actually called and if they can be turned off.

croixmom99 wrote:

Thank you for this. Except I do not have the Apple Intelligence option. In Settings I only have Siri and there is no option to turn off Apple Intelligence.

As others have pointed out if you are using an iPhone 14 like your profile suggests it does not support Apple Intelligence. Only iPhone 15 Pro and later support Apple Intelligence. So what model/year iPhone are you actually using?

On your iPhone->Settings->Apple Intelligence & Siri->Apple Intelligence->turn it off

A true intrusion into my privacy.

How is this an intrusion of your privacy? Your daughter sent you a picture, you asked Siri about the picture sent to your phone with your account logged in.

If there were others in the car you didn't want to know about it, then why did you have Siri read it?

Kurtosis12 wrote:

A true intrusion into my privacy.

How is this an intrusion of your privacy? Your daughter sent you a picture, you asked Siri about the picture sent to your phone with your account logged in.

If there were others in the car you didn't want to know about it, then why did you have Siri read it?

You make a really point there. The Author admits asking Siri to read the message, so it's really not an intrusion into their privacy when Siri did exactly as was asked.

croixmom99 wrote:

Thank you for this. Except I do not have the Apple Intelligence option. In Settings I only have Siri and there is no option to turn off Apple Intelligence.

That means either your iPhone does not support Apple Intelligence or it is not supported in your region. Whatever option is it though means that Apple Intelligence is not installed on your iPhone.