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  • Apple working on adding AI-powered search to Safari

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    I'm increasingly using ChatGPT instead of google for search. 
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  • Apple's Eddy Cue is guessing that the iPhone will eventually be replaced by AI

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    The iPhone is importantly different from the iPod in the sense that the iPhone is a multi-purpose platform for running software while the iPod was a single purpose device for playing music. In that sense, the iPhone is more similar to the Mac than it is to the iPod. Forty years after the introduction of the Mac, Apple still sells something that people call and recognize as a "Mac" (even though in many ways, especially under the hood, it's a very different product). 

    Will there ever come a time when people no longer want a mobile general purpose computing device with a touchscreen? Maybe, but there would still need to be some kind of device to serve as the interface to AI. Maybe he's thinking the iPhone will be replaced by a combo of Apple Glasses and AI?
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  • Apple's $900 million tariff bill in Q3 is a sign of Tim Cook's supply chain mastery

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    So if the temporary exemption is removed, Apple does not get a free pass for importing from India — not even if it were possible to make all iPhones there.

    That is not possible now, and it never will be

    Never (emphasis added) is a very long time. A lot can happen between now and never. We are already living way past many of yesterday’s nevers. 

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  • Apple turns to Anthropic to speed up coding & fix buggy tools

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    Apple co-developed PPC along with IBM and Motorola. They used it for a little over 10 years. PPC fell behind Intel to a point that Apple had to make the somewhat embarrassing admission that they had no choice but to switch to Intel.

    Apple not only survived that switch, but thrived. And eventually developed their own CPU that now completely beats Intel. 

    I predict that a similar story will unfold with AI. Apple had Siri and various other AI/ML technologies, but it fell behind. So now they must somewhat embarrassingly rely on external suppliers. But in doing so, they will make their products better and will thrive. Eventually they will develop a superior AI stack internally. Maybe in 5 years this time instead of 15.
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  • TSMC breaks ground on third plant in Arizona

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    flydog said:
    blastdoor said:
    discountopinion said:
    Politics aside - having geographic distribution of chip production is essential as to not have a freak natural disaster kick us back into the Stone Age if most chips are manufactured in one small location.
    Very true! Taiwan sits on the "ring of fire" and is vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis. All else equal, not an ideal location for multi-billion dollar fabs. 
    TSMC's factories in Taiwan can withstand an 8.0 earthquake and remain operational. Their fabs are also 60 feet above ground level and are sealed and incorporate pumping systems. So they've thought about that. 
    So 8.1 and they’re toast.

    And what good is a fab with no electricity and surrounded by rubble? 

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