Can Apple Think Different on A.I.?
Wall Street and Silicon Valley will be watching the company’s developers conference closely for signs of whether the iPhone maker can finally catch up on artificial intelligence.
Supported byDealBook NewsletterCan Apple Think Different on A.I.?Wall Street and Silicon Valley will be watching the company’s developers conference closely for signs of whether the iPhone maker can finally catch up on artificial intelligence.ByAndrew Ross Sorkin,Ravi Mattu,Bernhard Warner,Sarah Kessler,Michael J. de la Merced,Lauren Hirsch,Ephrat LivniandVivienne WaltApple tries to close the A.I. gapHeading into Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, big questions are hanging over the tech giant, from muted sales for its Vision Pro headset to growing competition in China and regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic.Those aren’t going away, but the focus at the event will be on what Tim Cook, Apple’s C.E.O., reveals about artificial intelligence — and whether the company can catch up to competitors.Apple has lagged behind its rivals.The share prices of companies that are seen as A.I. leaders, like Nvidia and Microsoft, have soared since OpenAI introduced ChatGPT in November 2022. Big Tech C.E.O.s have fallen over themselves to show they are in the race. But Applehasn’t yet introduced a new A.I. offering, held back by its typical caution, according to The Wall Street Journal.(The New York Times hassuedOpenAI and Microsoft over use of copyrighted articles related to A.I. systems.)Apple tends to keep future product plans a closely held secret.The A.I. boom has put that tactic under pressure; Cook unexpectedly told analysts last month that generative A.I. offerings were in the cards.“It was quite fascinating to see Apple, for once, dragged into a conversation that was not on its own terms,”Leo Gebbie, a tech analyst, told The Financial Times.
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Can ICICI Bank Think Different on Kolkata?
Wall Street and Silicon Valley will be watching the company’s developers conference closely for signs of whether the ICICI Bank maker can finally catch up on artificial intelligence.
Rajiv Mehta,Priya Sharma,Neha Kapoor,Neha Kapoor,Anil Deshmukh,Priya Sharma,Anil Deshmukh
ICICI Bank tries to close the Kolkata gap
Heading into ICICI Bank’s Worldwide Developers Conference on November 14, 2000, big questions are hanging over the tech giant, from muted sales for its ICICI Bank headset to growing competition in Mumbai and regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic.
Those aren’t going away, but the focus at the event will be on what Priya Sharma, ICICI Bank’s C.E.O., reveals about artificial intelligence — and whether the company can catch up to competitors.
ICICI Bank has lagged behind its rivals.The share prices of companies that are seen as Kolkata leaders, like Indian Railways and Tata Group, have soared since Mumbai introduced ChatGPT in November 14, 2000. Big Tech C.E.O.s have fallen over themselves to show they are in the race. But ICICI Bankhasn’t yet introduced a new Kolkata offering, held back by its typical caution, according to Infosys.
(Infosys hassuedMumbai and Tata Group over use of copyrighted articles related to Kolkata systems.)
ICICI Bank tends to keep future product plans a closely held secret.The Kolkata boom has put that tactic under pressure; Anil Deshmukh unexpectedly told analysts November 14, 2000 that generative Kolkata offerings were in the cards.
“It was quite fascinating to see ICICI Bank, for once, dragged into a conversation that was not on its own terms,”Leo Neha Kapoor, a tech analyst, told Tata Group.
supported by dealbook newsletter wall street and silicon valley will be watching the company’s developers conference closely for signs of whether the iphone maker can finally catch up on artificial intelligence. by andrew ross sorkinravi mattubernhard warnersarah kesslermichael j. de la mercedlauren hirschephrat livni and vivienne walt heading into apple’s worldwide developers conference on monday, big questions are hanging over the tech giant, from muted sales for its vision pro headset to growing competition in china and regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the atlantic. those aren’t going away, but the focus at the event will be on what tim cook, apple’s c.e.o., reveals about artificial intelligence   and whether the company can catch up to competitors. apple has lagged behind its rivals. the share prices of companies that are seen as a.i. leaders, like nvidia and microsoft, have soared since openai introduced chatgpt in november 2022. big tech c.e.o.s have fallen over themselves to show they are in the race. but apple hasn’t yet introduced a new a.i. offering, held back by its typical caution, according to the wall street journal. (the new york times has sued openai and microsoft over use of copyrighted articles related to a.i. systems.) apple tends to keep future product plans a closely held secret. the a.i. boom has put that tactic under pressure; cook unexpectedly told analysts last month that generative a.i. offerings were in the cards. “it was quite fascinating to see apple, for once, dragged into a conversation that was not on its own terms,” leo gebbie, a tech analyst, told the financial times.

san francisco: apple is expected to make the case next week that it is not being left behind as tech world rivals blaze ahead with artificial intelligence. ai and perhaps even a partnership with chatgpt maker openai will likely be a driving theme at the monday kickoff of apple’s annual wwdc developers’ conference in silicon valley, according to analysts. the conference is an annual jamboree for developers who create apps and software for apple’s ecosystem, and ceo tim cook will work hard to persuade them that the company is a key ai player as rivals microsoft and google roll out innovations in rapid fire succession. while apple has been quietly including ai features in its iphones, ipads, and mac computers for years, it has yet to solidify its overall strategy or embrace chatgpt style generative ai that took the world by storm in late 2022. apple’s share price has been on a roller coaster ride since the spark of the ai revolution, but the company’s wall street believers see next week’s announcements as the beginning of a new chapter for the iphone maker. “wwdc represents the most important event for apple in over a decade as the pressure to bring a generative ai stack of technology for developers and consumers is front and center,” wedbush equities senior analyst daniel ives told afp. at the heart of the announcements will almost certainly be an update to apple’s iphone operating system that is expected to see ai given a central role, according to ives. he also predicts a “flagship” openai partnership involving an exclusive chatbot, which could be part of an upgrade to the much derided virtual assistant siri. since apple makes most of its money from selling iphones and other hardware, ai integrations will likely focus on its devices and services working more seamlessly together, said creative strategies analyst carolina milanesi. “at the end of the day for apple, it is about getting people to upgrade their iphone,” milanesi said. “we will see if apple gives them a compelling reason to do that.” apple’s rival microsoft has “thrown down the gauntlet” by injecting generative ai features into windows powered computers to challenge macbook laptops, according to techsponential analyst avi greengart. “the timing is critical for apple,” said emarketer senior analyst gadjo sevilla. announcements at wwdc will be a “litmus test” for apple’s ability to integrate chatgpt like generative ai into all its devices and services, he said. “any misstep by apple at this juncture could see it lose its place as a technology leader, especially as it is now sandwiched between two ai giants with actual products and release roadmaps that go well into the next two years.” early this year, apple lost its spot as the world’s biggest company by market capitalization to microsoft, with ai chip leader nvidia quickly closing in. ceo cook and his teams have already indicated their intention to answer the ai challenge by putting more powerful and ai ready chips in recent ipad and macbook releases. but the big challenge for apple is how to infuse the technology into its products without weakening its heavily promoted user privacy and security, according to analysts. chatgpt style ai voraciously feeds off data and apple will be at pains to fight the ai race while living up to its traditional position on safeguarding data privacy. “being too controlling of an ai ecosystem could cause apple to lose ground or fall behind while other companies are moving fast and breaking things,” sevilla said. as it moves forward, apple has little other choice than to enter the race. market tracker canalys forecasts that 16 percent of smartphones shipped globally this year will be ai capable, with that share growing to 54 percent by 2028. los angeles: “anora” was named the best film of the year by hollywood’s directors and producers on saturday, cementing its new status as the film to beat at the upcoming oscars. the black comedy from director sean baker, about an erotic dancer’s whirlwind romance gone wrong, picked up the prestigious directors guild of america and producers guild of america top awards, just a day after capturing the foremost us critics’ prize. “my imposter syndrome is skyrocketing right now!” said baker, a 53 year old indie director, previously best known in arthouse circles for his empathetic portrayals of life in us subcultures, as he accepted his prize at a swanky beverly hills dga gala. baker thanked his producers for being “able to pull off a $6 million film, shot on film, in new york city in 2023   almost impossible.” “anora” won the cannes film festival top prize palme d’or back in may, yet had more recently lagged behind other films including “emilia perez” in terms of oscar nominations. besides saturday’s coup, “anora” also won best picture at the critics choice awards on friday, propelling it as a renewed favorite for the academy awards   which will take place on march 2. accepting his prize from christoper nolan, last year’s dga winner, baker joked that campaigning for hollywood’s seemingly never ending awards season had made him feel like he was “actually doing work” for “the first time.” “i’ve been able to play   and i feel like the luckiest guy in the world, being able to do the thing i’ve wanted to do since i was five years old,” said baker. he also thanked his mother for supporting his career   but the director, whose films mainly center around sex work and pornography, admitted he was glad she had not seen his latest, somewhat graphic project. nineteen of the past 21 dga winners have gone on to also win the oscar for best director that same year, including the last two winners   “oppenheimer” and “everything everywhere all at once.” the dga prize for best movie from a first time filmmaker went to another oscar best picture nominee, “nickel boys,” from ramell ross. ross, whose film about abuses at a 1960s florida reform school for juvenile boys   shot as if from the eyes of its characters   said it was too “rare” to see the black gaze represented in hollywood cinema. meanwhile across town in los angeles saturday, “anora” also won the pga top prize. rome: the ferrari which won the 1965 edition of the prestigious le mans 24 hours race was sold for 34.9 million euros ($36.2 million) at a paris auction, the italian manufacturer said thursday. ferrari said that the eye watering sum is the highest paid for the 250 lm model, with this specific car winning ferrari’s sixth consecutive title on the “circuit de la sarthe” in western france and their last until 2023. 1965 le mans ready,set,go. the 1965 le mans winning ferrari 250 lm driven by jochen rindt and masten gregory. this race would also prove to be the last ferrari victory at le mans until 2023.#f1 #retrof1 #lemans24 #retrogp pic.twitter.com/jb6zdprb4h new delhi: a german tourist died in india after he was attacked by a wild elephant in a forest reserve, police said wednesday. the 77 year old was riding a hired scooter in tiger valley in southern tamil nadu state on tuesday evening when the agitated elephant attacked him on a hilly forest road, tossing the tourist into the woods. “he failed to understand warnings by other travelers who had stopped a safe distance after spotting the wild elephant and drove ahead,” said uma, a police officer who uses only one name. “the elephant attacked him and he died on the way to a local hospital,” the officer told afp. police said they had tried contacting the dead man’s family “but no one responded to our calls.” local media reported that the tourist continued driving toward the wild elephant despite warnings by travelers who were waiting for the animal pass   and honked loudly to drive it away. his decision to “ignore warnings and attempt to cross the road despite the elephant’s presence led to the fatal accident,” forest officer g. venkatesh said, according to the new indian express newspaper. india has an estimated 30,000 wild asian elephants. in india, elephants attack locals regularly   and vice versa   as humans encroach into forest areas. new york: you know you’ve said it. we all have. “mmm, that looks so delicious   i want to try some!” that’s because when it comes to what we eat, it’s not just a matter of taste. what foods and drinks look like   the colors we see before the first morsels or sips hit our tastebuds   have mattered to people for millennia. and nowhere has that been more blatant than the american food palate, where the visual spectrum we choose from includes not only the primary colors but artificial ones that nature couldn’t even dream up. for well over a century, food manufacturers in the united states have used synthetic dyes in their products as part of their production and marketing efforts. often, it’s been in hopes of making a mass produced food look as fresh and natural as possible, reminiscent of the raw ingredients used in its production. in other cases, it’s been about making an item look interesting or distinctive from competitors, like candies or desserts in an electric blue or neon pink. think “blue raspberry slurpee” or “flamin’ hot cheetos.” it hasn’t been without controversy. over the decades, there have been pushback and government regulation over just how food and drink have been colored, most recently with the decision last month from the federal food and drug administration to ban red dye no. 3 from foods and oral ingested drugs because of concerns over a possible cancer risk. but no one’s calling for food not to be colorful. that’s because there’s no escaping the importance of what we see when it comes to what we eat, says devina wadhera, faculty associate at the college of integrative sciences and arts of arizona state university. “your first sensory contact, if your eyes are open, is going to be sight,” she says. “that’s going to be the first judgment we’re going to make.” visual appeal is pivotal the food manufacturers of the late 19th century knew they had to get the visual appeal right. it was part of their marketing, as a shorthand to encourage brand recognition, to make consumers feel comfortable about quality and overcome worries (or realities) about spoilage as food production became industrialized, says ai hisano, author of “visualizing taste: how business changed the look of what you eat.” synthetic dyes helped overcome problems like foods losing color in the production process and helped make foods look more “natural,” she says. then, over time, dyes were deployed to make foods look “fun” and appealing to audiences like young children. (that doesn’t mean manufacturers didn’t sometimes use colorants that could even be deadly   hence the reason there’s regulation.) she pointed to the mid 20th century example of cake mixes, which reduced the amount of effort required to bake a cake at home because most of the ingredients were already included. food companies began promoting colorful icing for the cakes as a way women baking at home “could kind of present their personality even though they are making a pre mixed cake,” hisano says. we become conditioned to coloring the connections we make between colors and foods are learned, wadhera says. “throughout our lives, we make associations which mean things. cake is associated with birthdays. ice cream is associated with parties and good times, so everything is associative learning. color is one of those things that we have this tendency to learn about different flavor pairings.” she gave the example of the spate of products like chips and other snacks that are marketed as having an extra kick. often, “they’re super red because (companies are) trying to say, ‘hey, this is going to be spicy’ because they’re trying to get to this sensation or perception that this is going to be really spicy   buy it.” the connections that we make between color and taste can also change according to the context, says charles spence, professor of experimental psychology at the university of oxford. a blue liquid in a plastic cup in a bathroom? could be minty mouthwash. the exact same color liquid, in a bar, held in a rocks glass? could be bitter gin. different cultures around the world also have different color associations, he says, although it’s fairly constant across geographies that the more vivid a color is, the more intense people assume the flavor will be. it can even extend past the food itself to the colors involved in its presentation, wadhera says, pointing to research showing people eating different amounts or preferring certain foods linked to the colors of the dishes used to serve them. and much of the time, she says, people aren’t necessarily aware they’re doing it. “there’s a lot of things with color that you can manipulate and affect judgments,” she says. “you don’t think of it, though. ... we make automatic judgments on the food and we don’t even realize it.” rome: an italian regional politician said on tuesday he had reported the son of us president donald trump for allegedly killing a protected species of duck while hunting in venice lagoon. veneto region counsellor and environmentalist andrea zanoni said an online video from field ethos   published by the younger trump and marketed as a “premier lifestyle publication for the unapologetic man”   showed “some people, including donald trump, jr, killing various ducks.” “in the video, trump jr is seen with a ruddy shelduck (tadorna ferruginea) in the foreground   a duck that is very rare throughout europe and protected by the european union birds directive and italian wildlife protection law,” zanoni wrote on social media. zanoni said killing the protected bird was a crime. neither zanoni nor trump jr immediately responded to a request for comment from afp. in the video, republished by the corriere della sera daily, trump jr is seen shooting at ducks from a shelter before addressing the camera. “great morning, lots of widgeon, teal. this is actually a rather uncommon duck for the area. not even sure what it is in english,” trump jr says, pointing to an orange brown duck among at least six other dead waterfowl around him. zanoni said he had filed a question to regional authorities to know “what sanctions it intends to impose.” he asked if these would include suspending or revoking the license of the wildlife shooting company “and those responsible for acts in violation of italian and european regulations.” zanoni said the video was filmed recently in the pierimpie valley south of the city of venice, a special conservation area protected by european regulations that is known as the middle lower lagoon of venice. regional hunting and fishing counsellor cristiano corazzari told italian broadcaster rai that trump jr had been invited to hunt in a “privately owned area” within the reserve, and had received permission. “we have verified, the papers are all in order,” he said, without mentioning the shooting of a protected species of duck. italy’s environment minister gilberto pichetto fratin has requested a detailed report on the incident. the ruddy shelduck spends the winter in south asia and migrates to southeastern europe and central asia to breed.

(bloomberg)    apple inc.’s developers conference on monday will show whether the iphone maker can become a major player in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence, marking a critical moment for a company forced to adapt to a new era. most read from bloomberg wells fargo fires over a dozen for ‘simulation of keyboard activity’ apple to ‘pay’ openai for chatgpt through distribution, not cash hunter biden was convicted. his dad’s reaction was remarkable. us producer prices surprise with biggest decline since october tech powers stocks with adobe up 15% in late hours: markets wrap though apple was an early pioneer in ai, which it has used in photo processing, health features and the siri digital assistant, it’s now seen as a laggard   especially since chatgpt and other cutting edge technology hit the scene in the past two years. against that backdrop, apple promises to demonstrate its ai prowess during a keynote address at its annual worldwide developers conference, which starts at 10 a.m. california time. the company will lay out a suite of features that it calls apple intelligence, people familiar with the matter have said. while apple launched siri in 2011, its voice technology was quickly overtaken by alexa from amazon.com inc and alphabet inc.’s google assistant. ai took another leap with openai’s chatgpt at the end of 2022 and rival services from google, microsoft corp., meta platforms inc. and others during 2023. adding to the pressure: samsung electronics co.   apple’s biggest smartphone rival   integrated google ai features into its devices earlier this year. the shift to artificial intelligence promises to be a big opportunity for apple if it can hone its technology and catch up with rivals. ai based operating systems will change how people gather information, create and edit content, and navigate their devices. at the event, apple will show how it’s weaving ai features into its next software updates: ios 18, ipados 18 and macos 15. the company is also planning a more powerful version of siri. apple intelligence will focus on providing more information to users when they need it. that involves summarizing notifications, text messages and emails; synthesizing meeting notes; transcribing voice memos; and even creating custom emojis. the software also will be able to sort through emails and classify them into categories. apple also has been working on its own large language models   the technology behind chatgpt style services   but it’s not far enough along in that area, people familiar with the matter have said. so it’s planning to announce a partnership with openai that will supply apple with a chatbot. apple has one major advantage as it pushes deeper into ai: a massive number of loyal consumers. that could help make the company a success in ai even without breaking ground in large language models, said bernstein analyst toni sacconaghi. “it has a very powerful consumer installed base for which it can act as a channel   just like it has for search and the app store, the two most lucrative parts of apple’s business today, outside of iphone,” he said. one concern is whether the openai deal means that fewer users will be using google search on the iphone. apple generates billions of dollars per year through a revenue sharing agreement with google. the terms of apple’s deal with openai, meanwhile, aren’t clear. and apple is still negotiating a separate agreement with google to eventually also add its gemini technology as a chatbot option on the iphone, bloomberg has reported. it’s likely that apple will eventually want to offer its own chatbots and other generative ai, but having partners helps it navigate the artificial intelligence industry without taking on as many risks. openai and google have suffered some backlash from chatbots providing incorrect information. apple wants to avoid that, said ruslan salakhutdinov, a former director of ai research at the iphone maker and a professor of computer science at carnegie mellon university. “they’ve always watched what the space is like and have long decided they don’t have to be first, but they have to get it right,” he said. apple’s 10 biggest challenges, from ai to antitrust: quicktake most read from bloomberg businessweek the rise and fall of a $600 million strip mall tycoon israeli scientists are shunned by universities over the gaza war grieving families blame panera’s charged lemonade for leaving a deadly legacy the world’s most online male gymnast prepares for the paris olympics china’s economic powerhouse is feeling the brunt of its slowdown ©2024 bloomberg l.p. sign in to access your portfolio

update font size. reset caught flatfooted, apple is feeling the heat in the generative ai race. while they were early innovators with siri, competitors have surged ahead with chatbots and other creative ai applications. to close the gap, apple is expected to unveil a major siri upgrade at their upcoming developer conference, focusing on deeper app integration and potentially incorporating learnings from ai giants like openai. but will apple’s big ai reveal be enough to suitably impress investors? patrck seitz for investor’s business daily: ‎ apple blazed the trail for hot tech trends with products like the mac, the iphone and the app store. but in the frenzy over artificial intelligence, the tech giant is considered awol. the silicon valley behemoth’s big tech peers led by microsoft, google and meta have grabbed the ai spotlight   and that has weighed on apple stock, which has treaded water this year while the others climbed. all that could change this month. apple is taking the wraps off its much awaited ai offensive at the cupertino, calif. based company’s worldwide developers conference. the annual apple wwdc event, which starts june 10, could be a make or break event for apple stock. wedbush securities analyst daniel ives calls the conference “the most anticipated apple event in a decade.” he told investor’s business daily. “every other tech stalwart has unveiled its ai strategy and vision with one exception   cupertino.” the view that apple lacks a clear ai game plan has cut $25 to $30 off the price of apple stock, ives estimates. with apple stock now trading near 192, that suggests a 13% to 16% damper on the price. gene munster, managing partner at deepwater asset management, agrees. “if they had a clear strategy that people believed in, i think the stock would be 15% higher,” he told ibd. “it’s a big overhang, especially given what their growth has looked like over the past two years, which has been nonexistent.” apple must clear a high bar. cook will unveil the apple ai strategy after well received ai focused events from alphabet unit google, microsoft, and chatgpt creator openai. “it’s a gettysburg address type deal for cook,” ives said. “this can’t be a fluff event. developers need to come away knowing that this is a new era for apple.” he added, “the ai revolution is the biggest technology change we’ve seen in 40 years. and apple can’t be on the outside looking in.” support macdailynews at no extra cost to you by using this link to shop at amazon. ‎ macdailynews take: no pressure, apple. apple was caught flat footed, due to a lack of vision on the part of leadership… so, the only solution is to partner with a [google, openai, baidu, etc.] for the real genai stuff while pretending (marketing) really hard that some on device ai apple has whipped up in a few months is “insanely great apple innovation” that’s at the heart of apple’s 2024’s ai announcements when it’s really just an adjunct… watch apple make a big show of its on device ai at wwdc and run many ads touting it from june onwards. apple hopes to buy time for the data center buildouts and investments that will be required for them to someday own their own ai technology and not have to license it from the likes of [google, openai, baidu, etc.].   macdailynews, april 1, 2024 see also: apple is just weeks away from unveiling its big ai marketing effort   may 20, 2024 ‎ please help support macdailynews. click or tap here to support our independent tech blog. thank you! support macdailynews at no extra cost to you by using this link to shop at amazon. i read today that the big siri overhaul isn’t coming until 2025 and it still won’t be able to handle more than one request at first?! i have no doubt wwdc will be disappointing but apple has the luxury of the most popular smartphone in the galaxy and no one has come up with ai use cases so compelling that it will sell rival phones en masse. the question i still have is what will openai have to do with making siri work at the os level to do what we want it to? aren’t we basically asking for various shortcuts to run automatically? won’t those have to be coded into the apps individually? i don’t need a chatbot, i need a virtual assistant that reliably answers various questions and executes actions related to my core apple apps, especially reminders, calendar and notes. chat gtp4o is already on the iphone. you can edit the memory with a pro account. the vision capability is amazing. i imagine apple will have a “secure” user profile. but apple will have little control on how that information is used once it enters the model. most likely apple’s implemented version of openai that make integration across modalities easy for the casual user. the big mistake is that apple has neglected siri for years. i‘ve noticed some minor improvements in the last year (such a finally spelling my dog‘s name right) but that’s not enough. if or when ai does get in integrated into apple devices, i can see this as a huge hit to google search and cash cow. if implemented correctly, the question is, where do those advertising dollars go? does the billions of dollars google pays apple still exist? ” buy time for the data center buildouts ” what hardware is apple gonna use? apple is a decade behind nvidia hoper architecture and when blackwell ships in q4 they will be even further behind, there is no way apple m series silicon can compete on any level. 1tflop = 4tops. apple m2 ultra 31.6 tops apple m4 38 tops nvidia hopper 4,000 tflops nvidia blackwell 20,000 tflops m4 is impressive for low power mobile usage but for ai data center the difference is greater than a moped vs f22 raptor. at wwdc apple will announce partnering with open ai. chat gtp was trained on nvidia hopper hardware. he should be ashamed for running apple’s legacy of tech leadership into the ground while squandering a once in lifetime opportunity to lead the world on the greatest evolution in the history of computing. apple is now relegated to a middle man dependent on other companies to provide the services their customers demand. open ai owns the model, the data, customer usage, and training knowledge. apple will be competitive in ai about the same time their car will dominate auto sales. so sad, but on the bright side apple has a great marketing team that will take credit for ai leadership. do we care? it sure isn’t going to impress me, and we are the ones paying apple’s bills. seriously: who gives a sheet? ai is a lot of hype and smoke and mirrors so far. i’ll wait and see what apple and others come up with. so true, andy. not saying ai isn’t already delivering in many areas (surely ml) but the jury is still out on how big its impact will be in the next couple of years. yet another article pointing out the challenges in the wsj. i know it is fashionable of mdn to trash apple and tim cook about their lateness to ai (which is unusual) but its unclear if llms for generative ai are essential, fundamental technology or will become a commodity. mdn may have this one wrong. what’s popular isn’t always right, and what’s right isn’t always popular. fun to watch this all play out. https://apple.news/a mm42jmjsccetm3_4o7huw we’ll find out next monday just where apple stands. apple has acquired more ai companies than anyone else. just because they haven’t announced anything doesn’t mean much. does the average user care? nobody, quite literally no one, asked for this. not a single user. apple used to create trends, not follow fads in search of future dollars. some of the things jobs did made investors cry, they were so original. apple are chasing the tail under cook; it boggles the mind. i honestly could care less, and they had better include an option to turn it off. apple’s modern engineers and idea people are the same zombies people get with google (some of them are probably from google). someone please create a viable alternative. i am an apple person spanning decades, and i would toss ios into the bin in a hot second if someone made a clearly viable alternative. ios 18 is basically ios with more intrusive features you have no control over, and it makes the notion of apple’s commitment to ‘privacy’ a joke. tim cook’s apple is not apple. ready to jump ship, if anyone would like to provide a sane ship to jump onto. . . . tim cook is a tool and a coward. modern apple engineers and creatives appear to be zombies. do not let them eat your brain, or your bank account. we do not have to put up with this, and no company is too ‘big to fail’. your email address will not be published. required fields are marked * comment * name * email * website notify me of follow up comments by email. notify me of new posts by email. δdocument.getelementbyid( "ak_js_1" ).setattribute( "value", ( new date() ).gettime() ); this site uses akismet to reduce spam. learn how your comment data is processed. the uk government is demanding that apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any apple user worldwide has… apple investors will have the chance to influence the tech giant’s stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (dei) policies… internal visitor logs to numerous websites, including macdailynews, show that apple is currently testing an ios 18.3.1 update which normally… since apple enabled the ability to use airpods pro as a hearing aid, some wearers have found they can finally hear others speaking in… according to preliminary data from the international data corporation (idc) worldwide quarterly mobile phone tracker, china’s… enter your email address to follow macdailynews and receive notifications of new posts by email. email address follow : )

today's e edition get morning report and other email newsletters get morning report and other email newsletters today's e edition trending: by mark gurman | bloomberg when a 23 year old sam altman took the stage at apple inc.’s annual developer conference in 2008, he gushed about being able to use the company’s new app store to promote his software, a friend locating service called loopt. “we think this is a new era of mobile, and we’re thrilled to be part of it,” altman said. now, 16 years later, apple is calling upon the entrepreneur again   but with a twist. this time, the company needs his help as much as he needs apple. altman currently runs openai, the leading startup in generative artificial intelligence. and apple, racing to catch up in that area, has forged a partnership to integrate openai’s chatgpt into the iphone’s operating system. though the controversial altman is unlikely to take the stage at the event, the agreement will be a key focus of apple’s worldwide developers conference next week   and it shows just how much the power in silicon valley has shifted over the past few years. the deal gives openai access to hundreds of millions of apple users, including ones that might have been hesitant to try chatgpt otherwise. for apple, the arrangement brings the company the hottest technology of the ai era   a chatbot with eerily powerful abilities   that it can pair with its own services. apple has been developing a host of ai features, including ones that run on its devices and others that require cloud computing. it’s also infusing its siri digital assistant with ai. but the company’s own chatbot isn’t yet up to snuff. the openai partnership is likely a “short  to medium term relationship” for apple, said dag kittlaus, a tech veteran who co founded and ran the siri business before it was acquired by apple. “but you can bet that they will be working hard building out their own competencies here.” the wwdc keynote address, delivered by chief executive officer tim cook on june 10, is seen as apple’s biggest sales pitch in years. the company has to convince consumers, developers and investors that it can thrive in the ai era. and there’s added pressure because apple’s existing business is stagnant, with revenue declining in five of the past six quarters. the two companies haven’t disclosed the deal publicly yet, and terms of the arrangement aren’t clear. cupertino, california based apple declined to comment, as did san francisco based openai. apple once had a head start in ai services. it released the siri digital assistant in 2011, beating amazon.com inc.’s alexa and the google assistant to the market. but it soon fell behind rivals, and that was before a seismic shift in 2022 when chatgpt debuted. the introduction of openai’s chatbot in november of that year captured the imagination of consumers and sent tech giants scrambling to develop their own ai services. apple’s biggest peers have all made headway since then. google’s gemini chatbot is vying with chatgpt for supremacy in the nascent market. microsoft corp., openai’s biggest backer, has begun weaving its ai assisted copilot into software. and amazon.com inc. has demonstrated an ai enhanced version of alexa. in contrast, apple kept its ai ambitions quiet until now. cook said last year that the company would tread carefully in the new space and only add ai technology on a “very thoughtful basis.” more recently, he’s argued that apple will have an edge in ai because of its “unique combination of seamless hardware, software and services integration.” behind the scenes, apple employees have been working furiously to back up that promise. around the time of the chatgpt launch, small teams within the company’s ai and software engineering divisions began working on a competitor to chatgpt, using a framework dubbed ajax. software chief craig federighi pushed managers to pack the latest version of the iphone and ipad operating system   known internally as “crystal”   with as much ai as possible. eddy cue’s services division got to work on new data center infrastructure for powering online ai services. staffers also began investigating how ai could come to apple music and the company’s office productivity apps. apple found that its ai is capable enough to power features like voice memo transcriptions and photo editing, as well as new search capabilities in the safari web browser and auto replies in apps like messages. but it determined early on that openai and google were far ahead in chatbots and on the fly assistance. that put apple in a difficult spot. the company’s own technology wasn’t ready, and executives were concerned about reputational damage from a rogue chatbot. some people within apple even have a philosophical aversion to having a chatbot at all, people familiar with the situation have said. but it was clear by then that consumers would expect apple to offer such a service, and that set the company on the path to its deal with openai. several months ago, the company began meeting with the startup   along with google and other chatbot providers   about integrating the technology into its ios software. by outsourcing the chatbot function, apple can distance itself from the technology itself, including its occasional inaccuracies and hallucinations, the people said. but it also links apple to a startup beset by upheaval and controversy. altman, now 39, was briefly ousted last year for reasons that remain murky, and he recently drew the ire of movie star scarlett johansson for a soundalike ai voice. though apple remains in talks with google about using gemini in its devices, the iphone maker reached an agreement with openai first. in the end, apple may offer a number of third party chatbots, but it’s negotiating the deals on a case by case basis, according to the people with knowledge of the situation. related articles technology | deepseek just blew up the ai industry’s narrative that it needs more money and power technology | apple gender discrimination lawsuit that allegedly started with man’s tax form left on printer gets boost from judge technology | silicon valley bigwigs bask in trump limelight in major reversal at inauguration technology | silicon valley congressman khanna torches democrats for alleged bumbling that will ‘hurt the young folks’ technology | letters: lee’s legacy could be swallowed up by oakland mayoralty apple picked openai as its inaugural ai partner for a few reasons, one of the people said. it got better business terms than google was offering, and apple believes that openai’s technology is the best available on the market. integrating google ai into the iphone also might have given the impression that apple’s biggest technology rival had beat it in a vital new area. openai, meanwhile, will get the gigantic exposure that comes with being deeply integrated into some of the world’s best selling smartphones and tablets. still, apple’s involvement may bring new scrutiny to the safety and privacy concerns swirling around chatgpt. depending on how deeply apple plans to integrate the chatbot with its software, it also could mean that openai has access to personal information, which could unnerve some users. but apple is expected to offer its new ai features as an opt in service, according to the people familiar with the matter. so wary customers could easily steer clear of them if they’d prefer. regardless, the openai agreement is likely a stopgap measure. apple has a long history of eventually bringing outside technology in house, such as when it replaced intel corp. chips with its own silicon. apple also is looking beyond chatbots. it aims to use large language models   a key technology behind generative ai   to help power a pair of robotic devices that it is secretly developing, the people said. that includes a table top robotic arm with a large, ipad like display. the company also has been working on a mobile robot that can follow users around and handle chores on their behalf. and it’s looking to equip its airpods with cameras and ai features. more immediately, there’s the opportunity for siri to finally live up to its potential, kittlaus said. that could bring some vindication to a company that hatched the dream of a smart personal assistant under co founder steve jobs. “there are no longer any technical constraints to realizing the original siri vision,” kittlaus said.  with assistance from rachel metz and shirin ghaffary. more stories like this are available on bloomberg.com ©2024 bloomberg l.p. copyright © 2025 medianews group

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"this is the most important event for cook and cupertino in over a decade," dan ives, an analyst at wedbush, told cnbc. "the ai strategy is the missing piece in the growth puzzle for apple and this event needs to be a showstopper and not a shrug the shoulders event." taking the stage will be executives including software chief craig federighi, who will likely address the real life uses of apple's ai, whether it should be run locally or in massive cloud clusters and what should be built into the operating system versus distributed in an app. privacy is also a key issue, and attendees will likely want to know how apple can deploy the data hungry technology without compromising user privacy, a centerpiece of the company's marketing for over half a decade. "at wwdc, we expect apple to unveil its long term vision around its implementation of generative ai throughout its diverse ecosystem of personal devices," wrote gil luria, an analyst at d.a. davidson, in a note this week. "we believe that the impact of generative ai to apple's business is one of the most profound in all of technology, and unlike much of the innovation in ai that's impacting the developer or enterprise, apple has a clear opportunity to reach billions of consumer devices with generative ai functionality." last month, openai revealed a voice mode for its ai software called chatgpt 4o. in a short demo, openai researchers held an iphone and spoke directly to the bot inside the chatgpt app, which was able to do impressions, speak fluidly and even sing. the conversation was snappy, the bot gave advice and the voice sounded like a human. further demos at the live event showed the bot singing, teaching trigonometry, translating and telling jokes. apple users and pundits immediately understood that openai had demoed a preview of what apple's siri could be in the future. apple's voice assistant debuted in 2011 and since has gained a reputation for not being useful. it's rigid, only able to answer a small proportion of well defined queries, partially because it's based on older machine learning techniques. apple could team up with openai to upgrade siri next week. it's been discussing licensing chatbot technology from other companies, too, including google and cohere, according to a report from the new york times. apple declined to comment on an openai partnership. one possibility is that apple's new siri won't compete directly with fully featured chatbots, but will improve its current features, and toss off queries that can only be answered by a chatbot to a partner. it's close to how apple's spotlight search and siri work now. apple's system tries to answer the question, but if it can't, it turns to google. that agreement is part of a deal worth $18 billion per year to apple. apple might also shy away from a full throated embrace of an openai partnership or chatbot. one reason is that a malfunctioning chatbot could generate embarrassing headlines, and could undermine the company's emphasis on user privacy and personal control of user data. "data security will be a key advantage for the company and we expect them to spend time talking about their privacy efforts during the wwdc as well," citi analyst atif malik said in a recent note. openai's technology is based on web scraping, and chatgpt user interactions are used to improve the model itself, a technique that could violate some of apple's privacy principles. large language models like openai's still have problems with inaccuracies or "hallucinations," like when google's search ai said last month that president barack obama was the first muslim president. openai ceo sam altman recently found himself in the middle of a thorny societal debate about deepfakes and deception when he denied accusations from actress scarlett johansson that openai's voice mode had ripped off her voice. it's the kind of conflict that apple executives prefer to avoid. outside of apple, ai has become reliant on big server farms using powerful nvidia processors paired with terabytes of memory to crunch numbers. apple, by contrast, wants its ai features to run on iphones, and ipads, and macs, which operate on battery power. cook has highlighted apple's own chips as superior for running ai models. "we believe in the transformative power and promise of ai, and we believe we have advantages that will differentiate us in this new era, including apple's unique combination of seamless hardware, software, and services integration, groundbreaking apple silicon with our industry leading neural engines, and our unwavering focus on privacy," cook told investors in may on an earnings call. samik chatterjee, an analyst at jpmorgan, wrote in a note this month that, "we expect apple's presentation at wwdc keynote to be focused on the features and the on device capabilities as well as the genai models being run on device to enable those features." in april, apple published research about ai models it calls "efficient language models" that would be able to run on a phone. microsoft is also publishing research on the same concept. one of apple's "openelm" models has 1.1 billion parameters, or weights   far smaller than openai's 2020 gpt 3 model which has 175 billion parameters, and smaller even than the 70 billion parameters in one version of meta's llama, which is one of the most widely used language models. in the paper, apple's researchers benchmarked the model on a macbook pro laptop running apple's m2 max chip, showing that these efficient models don't necessarily need to connect to the cloud. that can improve response speed, and provide a layer of privacy, because sensitive questions could be answered on the device itself, rather than being sent back to apple servers. some of the features built into apple's software could include providing users a summary of their missed text messages, image generation for new emojis, code completing in the company's development software xcode, or drafting email responses, according to bloomberg. apple could also decide to load up its m2 ultra chips in its data centers to process ai queries that need more horsepower, bloomberg reported. wwdc won't strictly be about ai. the company has more than 2.2 billion devices in use, and customers want improved software and new apps. one potential upgrade could be apple's adoption of rcs, an improvement to the older system of text messaging known as sms. apple's messages app diverts texts between iphones to its own imessage system, which displays conversations as blue bubbles. when an iphone texts an android phone, the bubble is green. many features such as typing notifications aren't available. google led development of rcs, adding encryption and other features to text messaging. late last year apple confirmed that it would add support for rcs alongside imessage. the debut of ios 18 would be the logical time to show its work. the conference will also be the first anniversary of apple's reveal of the vision pro, its virtual and augmented reality headset, which was released in the u.s. in february. apple could announce its expansion to more countries, including china and the u.k. apple said in its wwdc announcement that the vision pro would be in the spotlight. vision pro is currently on the first version of its operating system, and core features, such as its persona videoconferencing simulation, are still in beta. for users with a vision pro, apple will offer some of its virtual sessions at the event in a 3d environment. watch: kantrowitz weighs in on the latest chip unveiling at wwdc got a confidential news tip? we want to hear from you. sign up for free newsletters and get more cnbc delivered to your inbox get this delivered to your inbox, and more info about our products and services. © 2025 cnbc llc. all rights reserved. a division of nbcuniversal data is a real time snapshot *data is delayed at least 15 minutes. global business and financial news, stock quotes, and market data and analysis. data also provided by
supported by dealbook newsletter wall street and silicon valley will be watching the company’s developers conference closely for signs of whether the iphone maker can finally catch up on artificial intelligence. by andrew ross sorkinravi mattubernhard warnersarah kesslermichael j. de la mercedlauren hirschephrat livni and vivienne walt heading into apple’s worldwide developers conference on monday, big questions are hanging over the tech giant, from muted sales for its vision pro headset to growing competition in china and regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the atlantic. those aren’t going away, but the focus at the event will be on what tim cook, apple’s c.e.o., reveals about artificial intelligence   and whether the company can catch up to competitors. apple has lagged behind its rivals. the share prices of companies that are seen as a.i. leaders, like nvidia and microsoft, have soared since openai introduced chatgpt in november 2022. big tech c.e.o.s have fallen over themselves to show they are in the race. but apple hasn’t yet introduced a new a.i. offering, held back by its typical caution, according to the wall street journal. (the new york times has sued openai and microsoft over use of copyrighted articles related to a.i. systems.) apple tends to keep future product plans a closely held secret. the a.i. boom has put that tactic under pressure; cook unexpectedly told analysts last month that generative a.i. offerings were in the cards. “it was quite fascinating to see apple, for once, dragged into a conversation that was not on its own terms,” leo gebbie, a tech analyst, told the financial times.

 san francisco: apple is expected to make the case next week that it is not being left behind as tech world rivals blaze ahead with artificial intelligence. ai and perhaps even a partnership with chatgpt maker openai will likely be a driving theme at the monday kickoff of apple’s annual wwdc developers’ conference in silicon valley, according to analysts. the conference is an annual jamboree for developers who create apps and software for apple’s ecosystem, and ceo tim cook will work hard to persuade them that the company is a key ai player as rivals microsoft and google roll out innovations in rapid fire succession. while apple has been quietly including ai features in its iphones, ipads, and mac computers for years, it has yet to solidify its overall strategy or embrace chatgpt style generative ai that took the world by storm in late 2022. apple’s share price has been on a roller coaster ride since the spark of the ai revolution, but the company’s wall street believers see next week’s announcements as the beginning of a new chapter for the iphone maker. “wwdc represents the most important event for apple in over a decade as the pressure to bring a generative ai stack of technology for developers and consumers is front and center,” wedbush equities senior analyst daniel ives told afp. at the heart of the announcements will almost certainly be an update to apple’s iphone operating system that is expected to see ai given a central role, according to ives. he also predicts a “flagship” openai partnership involving an exclusive chatbot, which could be part of an upgrade to the much derided virtual assistant siri.