Post of the century - so very very funny and so very very true.
And yeah, Apple has no choice now really as they are so far behind.
And I imagine that Tim Cook doesn't want to have AI researchers on a million plus salaries.
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And yeah, Apple has no choice now really as they are so far behind.
And I imagine that Tim Cook doesn't want to have AI researchers on a million plus salaries.
They have always talked about ML, but not so much LLM no. That is the new kid on the block. Apple introduced the neural engine for AI/ML in 2017 for their A11 chip. And after that a lot of ML talk, especially on visual/image manipulation, and they have introduced some new ML utilities being on-device. Most of those are not very visible to users, and combined with the subpar experience many had with Siri, made many disappointed. I don't think it is the ML in general that is Apples problem, but they did not pivot when LLMs gained the extreme popularity. I also don't think that it is that important to people if Apple is using its own or others LLMs, but many had high expectations for Siri to be much better when they introduced Apple Intelligence last year.
Tell that to Nvidia's market share by more than 90% in AI field. M3 Ultra is only RTX 5070TI's performance and it's nothing compared to A100 and newer versions. Besides, Apple dont even have any systems like CUDA which is how Nvidia dominate the market. Yet, you admitted yourself that it's good only for LOCAL AI models which is a joke.
If you still believe that Apple Silicon chip is great, why dont you explain that Apple is not able to develop AI for their own instead of relying on others just like this article?
It's only DEFYING the truth and fact after all.
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According to Gurman, he states that the team behind Apple's MLX work has threatened to quick if Apple follows through with this plan. That team is doing great work and would be a blow to Apple
Apple faces AI talent turmoil as senior Siri researcher departs
A senior researcher's exit and a near-mutiny among Apple Intelligence engineers expose Apple's struggle to stay competitive in the AI arms race.
appleinsider.com
Apple faces AI talent turmoil as senior Siri researcher departs
A senior researcher's exit and a near-mutiny among Apple Intelligence engineers expose Apple's struggle to stay competitive in the AI arms race.
Sounds like it should be ready to roll in the Spring!
This should be an article in The Onion. 😂
I really hope Apple gives up on Siri and contracts with a third party. Siri is an abysmal embarrassment.
Apple needs an AI assistant that works. If they want to keep developing their own assistant in the background, that's fine... but in the meantime please give us usable AI!
"Calling trash" 😂
Sounds like Tim better open up the wallet.
He's personally pulled out a million when he needs to ... surely the couch cushions in his office have enough to cover some big raises and bonuses here.
Check underneath the Vision Pro with all the dust on it.
I think Siri actually understanding the question is at least a step in the right direction.
It's really getting harder to. Everything they advertise is about privacy etc, unless you sign up to one of their services - Apple Arcade.
When downloading and opening a 'game' you're hit with disclaimers about sharing data with the game developer, I mean wtf?
Surely if Apple cared, they could deal with this themselves by offering id's that are anonymised so the developer gets nothing, but no, it's left to the user to make that call by giving them Game Centre details.
If I get a service from Apple I want them to own it, not delegate responsibility.
You're seeng this repeated with ChatGPT in Apple Intelligence and no doubt Siri if it goes down that road.
They seem on being intent of giving away the keys to the kingdom that made them so great & with it the chatter of privacy that their 'respected' for.
Or Apple could allow users to select whatever AI service they want to train Siri. I would use Grok. I've found it quite useful.
Since Apple cant even make Mac Pro grade M series, it was totally expected that Apple cant even research and develop their own AI services and systems. Despite Nvidia being dominating the market, many companies already developed their own chips unlike Apple.
Clearly, this is Apple's biggest problem for not developing chips for Mac Pro and server.
Clearly, this is Apple's biggest problem for not developing chips for Mac Pro and server.
Depends on how deep the integration is doesn't it? Even if it's just the queries you pass Siri, they're going to use it however the hell they feel like it. OpenAI and their ilk are loudly anti-IP/privacy and at a certain point, you gotta take them at their word. Scare quote my use of the word mine if you must, but reality is that the more access these companies have to Apple's inner workings, the less of a feature privcy becomes in Apple's ecosystem.
That's fine for apps that have nothing to do with Apple, but what I'm taking about is a service I pay Apple for, my contract is with Apple not the game developer that's in Arcade. It's advertised as APPLE Arcade.
If I bought an App off the app store then that's what I'd expect, if I buy a service from Apple I want them to own it & deal with whatever else is needed for the service THEY are selling me, not delegate responsibility, hence the purpose of my post re; Apple Intelligence, Siri etc.
Siri just blows. Even putting AI functionality aside, Siri is very limited.
That video of Jobs talking about privacy, especially with iPhones and location tracking, reminds me of the pre-Apple days when he and Woz were building and selling blue boxes to make free long-distance phone calls, and the paranoia that their users had about being tracked to where they were placing the call, and the police being sent to the caller's location to be arrested. It happened a few times. I guess fortunately for me, my self-built box, from a design recommended to me by John Draper/Captain Crunch, who was the inspiration behind Woz and Jobs' early business venture, was lost before I had a real chance to use it, when my brother accidentally left it in a phone booth and was too paranoid to go back for it once he realized he no longer had it.
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