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Apple Buys DarwinAI Ahead of Major Generative AI Updates Coming in iOS 18
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That is all hardware, not software. You should look at the fact that Apple cannot even get spellcheck, indexing, Siri, and search above mediocre at best (and that is being very complementary).
i mean you don't really know she's not spying on you, that's just what apple says
I wonder when they will notice that DarwinAI doesn’t actually work with their kernel?
You mean like this?
Confirmed: Apple Caught In Siri Privacy Scandal, Let Contractors Listen To Private Voice Recordings
Atherton Research's Principal Analyst and Futurist Jeb Su unpacks the ramifications of Apple letting outside contractors access private conversations of Siri users.
www.forbes.com
Well, if 29 companies are not going to cut it, what makes you think 30th will? Just asking because I am really perplexed. Looks more like they are just buying up companies because they are clueless.
They haven’t released anything yet so what evidence do you have about it?
Or as in the case of News+ and all the other services nobody has thought about since they were announced, you get 6 months free stapled to your receipt when you buy a case at Best Buy.
They've had what, 10 years to fix their current AI - Siri - and look at how well it works.
I'll bet that only management got retention bonuses. And while startups typically have smart founders, I'll bet they have smart underlings that will be leaving long before the retention bonuses vest. Unless of course they are just biding time for the founders to start a new venture.
Siri will now answer first with an apology, “Sorry” here’s what I found. 🇨🇦
If I understand this article, Apple is buying DarwinAI intending to use it to improve its future AI product? What, the 2,000 engineers who were working on the car can't pick up the slack?
Sure. Kind of like when they bought up all those automotive executives, designers and engineers to make an Apple car.
I'm curious, what do you do for a living? Are you knowledgeable enough to do every job available at the company you work for?
AI is going to be such a bubble pop
These companies are all reaching, dreaming, hoping for a "next big thing"
These companies are all reaching, dreaming, hoping for a "next big thing"
So, Apple's award for their most recent expense on AI was Darwin?
We can say their AI won a Darwin Award!
We can say their AI won a Darwin Award!
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But is the current Siri sinister (as you said)? I think Siri is harmless, since it really doesn’t do more than simple tasks.
Oh I wasn't the one that said it's sinister. Sorry I replied without context. Siri is useless but I wouldn't say it's sinister. AI can be sinister. But Siri isn't even smart enough to be sinister, it's just useless.
Spot-on. I have zero problems with Siri and my seven HomePods.
It seems apple spent too much resources on the “meta verse“ hype with the vision pro.
I do wonder if this is about user facing AI at all. In fact based on the articles posted it suggests to me that Apple may be looking to use this tech to develop new iPhone and Mac PCBs. It may not be connected to their consumer AI at all.
Honestly I’d be pretty happy if Siri can produce a response this complex.