CrossPlatformFrogger

Sure this sounds super convenient but I'm not sure why everyone is rushing to have all of their data and identity controlled by Big Tech. I actually find it scary that one company has all your health data, personal information, banking information, and basically knows everything about you. That they'll use for their own corporate gain. There may not have been a data breach to date but the day there is, it'll be the most disastrous. I prefer my data to stay with the places that hold them now. With all that said I support regulation of big tech and think they should stay out of every industry

danox said:

So can Apple turn around and blame Microsoft for the lack of AAA games on the Mac? Is turn about fair play?

Wouldn't that be developers not wanting to waste resources developing for Macs due to Apple's proprietary software (Metal, Apples fault) and lack of market share making it not profitable? 
Basically AAA games are not on Mac because of Apple and developers, mainly Apple, not Microsoft.

While Apple kept pushing for unnecessary unused horsepower in their chips Google chose to focus on AI with the Tensor chip, and Apple was caught flat footed. I remember when Google first announced Tensor and everybody talked about how it wasn't as fast as Apple's chip and Google came out and said they weren't going for speed. This article makes me want to check out the new Pixel, I know the "AI" on it will be the real deal.

Though I'm not a Fortnite fan, this is definitely a win for consumers, it was always crazy to me that Apple can literally victimize their customer base for their own greed. Like it or not, my opinion and what appears to be the growing opinion is phones are the new computers, all purpose devices and should not be limited by the manufacturer. You should be able to download apps from anywhere you want. 

I have never backed up my iPhone anyway, I always start fresh when I get a new phone. 

22july2013 said:

When I leave my house for two days or more, I'm supposed to have someone check in on it every other day, or my insurance may not pay me for things like water leaks. Would an AI-powered robot that can check for water/fire and other kinds of damage allow me (without violating my insurance agreement) to leave home for a week without having to give someone my house keys? If so, perhaps I would go on more vacations.

No such thing exists and even if it did, your contract with your insurance company (please read it because many don't) would have to specifically state that it's ok for a robot to do that. If it does not, they aren't paying regardless of how good the technology is 

aderutter said:

Apple never should have allowed Epic back imho

They didn't have a choice and honestly shouldn't have a choice in what people want to install on their phones. 

We investigated ourselves and....
That's how all these Apple led "study's" sound to me. 

I mean this all sounds good until you realize Apple doesn't really have a product in this field. Apple Intelligence is a nothing burger and instead of publishing research papers they should get on the ball and get competitive in this field.

Wesley_Hilliard said:

CrossPlatformFrogger said:

I mean this all sounds good until you realize Apple doesn't really have a product in this field. Apple Intelligence is a nothing burger and instead of publishing research papers they should get on the ball and get competitive in this field.

Believe it or not, publishing research papers is how you compete in the field. Engineers fought with Apple to get their names on public documents for this reason.

As for not having a product in the field, see above. I really don't know what people expect Apple to have when they make statements like this. Apple isn't in the business of chatbots, but what they're doing seems to be much more useful, legal, and ethical. And at the least, for those looking for access to those other models, Apple is giving users that access via a private and secure access point.

I think you guys look at the small picture when you keep mentioning AI chatbots because AI is more than that!
I'm building custom scripts for trading, looking forward to building apps for personal use, going to be using an AI agent to do my online shopping for me, completing tasks like building a Google sheet that will constantly scan the market and build me a watchlist based on my criteria, etc. I mean I'm really getting into learning all I can and I hope to one day get rid of Google Home and replace it with a custom built ChatGPT agent. 
Apple is nowhere on this level and I honestly don't see them ever getting close! Apple piggybacking off ChatGPT is not them having a product in the field and I'm sure nobody in this field considers Apple competition. Apple Intelligence by itself is a nothing burger, and Apple writing some research paper about how ethical their non-existent product is means nothing, they need to get in the game. 
This is so frustrating because instead of letting you replace Siri and Apple "Intelligence" with something more useful, we are stuck waiting on Apple to actually do something and not just talk about it