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  • Siri for iOS 18 to gain massive AI upgrade via Apple's Ajax LLM

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    I love the Safari Reader feature in Safari, which also doubles as an ad-remover. I'm surprised I haven't noticed companies get upset about Apple's ad remover technology in this feature.

    Similarly, I would love to see Apple use AI to give Safari a new "Summarizer" feature which, when turned on, would display the web page in a manner similar to Safari Reader, but would summarize the page. I would expect web-content creators to get upset that someone is abridging their content, but since they haven't been upset about the Safari Reader, maybe they won't get upset about the Safari Summarizer either.

    Maybe there are no legal grounds to object to a user creating summaries of web content for personal purposes. If the summary was being performed by an online service, there might be a legal problem with that. But if it's done on device, it's probably legal. This could be a problem for Google and Microsoft, because their AI services are all done online. Google and Microsoft are charging users for "summaries" of information from third party websites.
    Google doesn't charge me for AI-enabled article summaries, which like Apple has ads removed. I use Google Simplify, their "Reader" mode, and Google Summary which makes use of Generative AI, multiple times a day. No ads with either feature. Oh, and Summary runs on-device, just as privately as what Apple is supposedly planning. We will all know more if/when Apple officially announces it. 

    At the same time, Google respects a website owner's right to monetize their content and won't "summarize" without the content owner's permission.  There have also been no legal objections to it either, as far as I know, so I fully expect Apple will handle it the same as Google; AI Summarize, sans ads, will only be available with a website owner's permission. 
    https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/14163109?hl=en  ;
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  • Apple said to be stealing tech from expensive suppliers to give to cheaper ones

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    Cutthroat tactics such as this are the reason I cut ties to once-lucrative contracts with both Bombardier and Walmart. It got to the point where it became clear only one of us was going to be permitted a nice return on investment, and that party was not me. So in essence, I fired them.

    There are no longer "relationships" in business as there once were, and negotiations with accounts have been handled accordingly for over a decade now. 
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  • Some users are randomly getting locked out of their Apple ID accounts

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    stuke said:
    Yep, it hit me. Personally, I believe it was a forced security update by Apple to make us update our Apple ID passwords.  (Yes, mine has been the same for quite some time.)  It would be better, if my theory holds, that Apple provide a procedure for doing this all at once for all your devices!
    I haven't changed mine since 2020, and so far I'm still good, no "forced update". 
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  • Teenagers still overwhelmingly want iPhone and Apple Watch more than any other brand

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    charlesn said:
    mpantone said:
    Teenagers are a notoriously fickle audience so this longterm and ongoing admiration for the Apple brand over years is actually very enviable. It's not like Apple didn't have competition before (like RIM BlackBerrys, T-Mobile Sidekicks, Windows Mobile) or now (Android).

    In the end, it comes down to the overall user experience -- particularly software -- not some weird mobile device hardware specs circle jerk.



    You are absolutely SPOT ON with this assessment. Teens are the demographic most likely to be swayed by the latest trends and gimmicks, both in plentiful supply in the world of Android. That Apple maintains teen loyalty for this length of time with an unabashedly conservative hardware approach that eschews gimmickry in favor a superior user experience is something of a miracle. But there you have it. Year after year after year. 
    When those teenagers become adults are the statistics still holding firm, 85% or thereabouts remaining iPhone users? If so, then within another 5 years, Apple will plainly be in time-to-break-em-up territory with 80% plus market share. 
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  • Jon Stewart opens up about Apple interference in his show

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    Stewart’s a hypocrite. He criticized Trump for overvaluing property, yet Stewart himself overvalued his Tribeca penthouse 800+% for $17.5 million! Haha! There it is folks! Priceless. He’s no longer relevant.

    Overvalued?? Hypocrite?? Stewart SOLD it for $17.5Million, so obviously not 800% higher than market value. In Trumps case, he committed legally-certified fraud.
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