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Apple is well positioned to play this game. Because they are very secretive anyway, we have no idea what their plans were anyway. This might not be “new” investment relative to what they were doing anyway. But we might never know. 

loquitur said:

I'm a bit worried that DJT will try to undermine Cook in the way he did with Zelensky and Jerome Powell
in joint appearances. E.g. he could say that he still wants iPhone assembly done  in the U.S. and that
shifting between China and India is not "good enough". Hopefully Cook can finesse the fact that
supply chains can't turn on a dime. But Trump is probably still irked that Cook outlasted Trump 1.0,
so wants to keep up the pressure during 2.0.

That would be interesting to watch. My guess is Cook would handle it well, but who knows. 

My guess is that the key is to recognize that (1) you're a guest star on Trump's reality TV show, (2) the only thing Trump cares about is looking good on his TV show, and (3) Trump will never pay attention to the details of what actually happens or how that compares to what would have happened anyway. 

So give him the drama of making it appear that he negotiated you up from 500 billion to 600 billion to 18 quadrillion or whatever made-up number makes him happy. Swallow your pride and help him look like a winner. Then go do whatever you want. 

anthogag said:

It's easy to suspect Chinese companies because China isn't a democracy. China's government is always there planning for the long-term because they aren't going anywhere. A democracy is much more dynamic. The best route for China to get a long with the West is to become a democracy. 

I agree with this, but unfortunately if you replace "Chinese" with "American" and "China" with "US" the statement is equally true. 

The US is now the kind of country in which the dictator fires the head of a statistical agency because he doesn't like the numbers (even though, with supreme irony, the numbers actually support his preferred interest rate policy, but that's a whole other subject). 

I figured Apple senior executives were likely taking AI very seriously and working hard to catch up. I'm glad to see some confirmation that is correct. 

If Apple executives were as clueless regarding the importance of AI as some fanboys posting on this site, Apple would be in huge trouble. As it is, they are behind, and they are at risk, but with appropriate senior management attention (and their vast financial resources and all the good tech on their shelf), they can catch up. 

Wesley_Hilliard said:

ApplePoor said:

Hopefully this is not just a distraction from or an addition to the disinformation at the iPhone 16 presentation in 2024. Also could be the only "big" new thing next month as we see the usual claims of all new device using last years enclosure, etc. But there will be "new" colors.....

Distraction? Nope, they've been developing this for years. Disinformation? Nope, Apple launched everything it announced, but delayed one product that was operational, but hallucinating more than they like. Last year's enclosure? Nope, we're getting all-new enclosures with camera bars and a new ultra thin model.

i recommend reading AppleInsider to keep up with all the news

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