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9secondkox2 said:

nubus said:

9secondkox2 said:

China gonna China. But it's not like everyone is clamoring for th current version of Apple's AI.

You're right that the current AI from Apple won't sell products. Which is exactly why this is so important to Apple.
The smartphone market in China is so big that 1% extra market share locally = 1% extra iPhone sales globally. It is the most obvious path towards growth for Apple.

Apple under Cook dropped from #1 to #3 in market cap. Other companies have outperformed Apple and this certainly doesn't help.

Other companies have indeed outperformed Apple in AI, but only in AI. Apple has them beat literally everywhere else. Apple is navigating a fine line between ethical and unethical AI development. google, Open AI and others have just devoured content whether they should or not. In the case of Google, you really are the product, since you agree to give them your content for whatever purposes they want when you use their services. Appel is above that. And people can use Google or Open AI, etc. on apple products, so it's not really a big deal to be behind. the key to remember about apple is that they aren't always first to something. But once they dig in and go after something, they are usually the best. So we will see what they do. I don't think they'll be live-blogging the next wave of AI at all. I think they'll return to the more secretive Apple as the blabbermouth Apple has hurt itself a few time. The Chinese government isn't the most friendly player out there and Apple has navigated that through investments and appeasements. But now, as usual with totalitarian regimes, they are making it harder. The upside is that people don't buy Apple for AI. They buy for reliability, performance, ease of use, aesthetics, privacy, and security. And they can always use the AI of their choice on that best in class Apple product. It's the same principle as using Adobe Creative Cloud, MS Office, etc. Apple doesn't make those, but people prefer to use them on Apple devices.

foregoneconclusion said:

Tahoe? Seems a bit blah for such a major release.