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titantiger said:

Just don't call it a hearing aid or advertise it as such.

slurpy said:

Can't believe people are comparing a $30 piece of trash that is literally included as a freebie with SO many tech products, etc, to a $300 audiophile grade, ultra high quality speaker as if theyre even remotely comparable.

dewme said:

Wesley_Hilliard said:

MassiveAttack said:

Crazy that the stock is up on this news, because it officially confirms that Apple ideas way behind. 

Is it (as the article says) true, that ChatGPT or Anthropic will run on device, so that they don’t get API data from Apple? 

Otherwise, it is no good news for Apple for long term. 

First point: no, this confirms nothing about Apple being "way behind"

Second: ChatGPT already runs via Siri without getting data from Apple or the user. Private Cloud Compute is server side, but independently verified to not be storing user data.

Third: How is giving users access to more private and secure models using Apple technology a bad thing for Apple?

I have to concur with Wes on this one. Apple has an incredible advantage across their product lines by having deep integration between their software, their hardware, and their services. Apple's forays into AI and their primary focus on leveraging Apple Intelligence should take advantage of those connections and play to their strengths. Another strength that plays in Apple's advantage is the trust they have established with their user base by staying true to their privacy and security promises.

I use ChatGPT every day but I do not trust ChatGPT to the same degree that I trust Apple. ChatGPT may in fact be an equal to Apple when it comes to privacy and security, but I have a history with Apple and so far they've lived up to my expectations. ChatGPT still has to prove itself to me and I have no evidence one way or the other because our relationship has only just started.

I absolutely do not need a version of Siri that is a replacement for ChatGPT or Copilot. I already have those tools in my toolbox and I know they cannot go as deep into my hardware, software, services, data, activities, preferences, etc., that Apple can. I will keep using those tools for what they do best. I want Siri, or whatever it's called, to be able to bring automation, control, insight, and most importantly general "help and assistance" in areas that affect my life, my lifestyle, my health, my awareness, my safety, my time management, my entertainment. etc. Apple's devices and services are closer to me in many more facets of my life than any other "intelligent" agent or chatbot I can think of. 

Apple needs to play to their strengths. The original Siri was never built to take on the broad scope of quality-of-life assistive tasks that can truly make a difference in our lives. The last thing I want Apple to do is to direct their efforts towards displacing the AI assistants that we now see as best-of-breed. That would be setting their sights way too low. If Apple integrates AI services like OpenAI/ChatGPT into their products it would definitely fill out the sorts of things that take place at that level, but it wouldn't complete the much larger scope of what Apple is able to do based on their intimate understanding of their customers as non-artificial individuals and what they can do to improve their customer's lives.