It’s not about that. It’s about government, military and financial services contracts. Meta already has a deal with the DoD with Occulus. Meta is becoming a military contractor even as we speak. This is also partly Mark Zuckerberg’s revenge against Tim Cook and Apple for changing their privacy settings and denying Facebook a metric crap ton of money.
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Meta Poaches Two More Apple AI Executives
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Oh no! The people who were paid to do something else didn’t fix Siri!
The foundational model team aren’t tasked with fixing Siri! Siri has its own team!
THIS !! Right now it is impossible to build an LLM the likes of ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or Grok without scraping the entirety of the world’s data both private and public. Apple’s privacy policies fatally hamstring it from developing such a LLM. So too does their policy on user safety. The other companies have such worries. Well, Anthropic does have some sort of “Constitutional” AI constraints based on various parts of the UN’s Universal Rights of Man and even portions of Apple’s Terms & Services concerning privacy and safety. But Grok will go full on Nazi with a little prodding. But even Claude will gaslight and hallucinate like all the rest, Constitutional AI or not.
Man this is out there! This sort of bizarro mania is going to create intense competition, and it makes Cook look like a fool. Maybe he will actually do something now.
People say it's a bubble. The Internet created a bubble. I can see bubbles here; champaign bubbles ( sorry)
People say it's a bubble. The Internet created a bubble. I can see bubbles here; champaign bubbles ( sorry)
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My guess is that Apple might have underestimated how much buzz this whole AI business would make.
I think Apple thought, as usual, “Let’s wait and see how this AI is gonna take on and then work to implement it on our side.”
Now Apple are actually “late for the party”, as there are quite a few working AI tools right now, while Apple’s AI employees are being poached and Siri still struggles with setting timers in OS 26 betas, despite her mesmerising glow.
What will Apple do now? Ideally make a good deal with the best current AI solution provider, so they can “relax” and focus on fixing Siri first. Once this is done, they can move on with working on their own AI models, even though it could be very tough, considering Meta’s recent activity and a sheer speed of development.
I think Apple thought, as usual, “Let’s wait and see how this AI is gonna take on and then work to implement it on our side.”
Now Apple are actually “late for the party”, as there are quite a few working AI tools right now, while Apple’s AI employees are being poached and Siri still struggles with setting timers in OS 26 betas, despite her mesmerising glow.
What will Apple do now? Ideally make a good deal with the best current AI solution provider, so they can “relax” and focus on fixing Siri first. Once this is done, they can move on with working on their own AI models, even though it could be very tough, considering Meta’s recent activity and a sheer speed of development.
The parallels to the Internet development may offer some guidance, bubbles and all.
You could see clearly what was going on, but people resisted. Like others have said, the present day Apple is cautious. This may not be a good strategy, if going by that (very obvious) comparison.
Pretty funny really.
I remember friends of mine laughing in my face about 'being online' (in my face!) Now they spend every waking hour on it.
Oh, and they don't remember....
You could see clearly what was going on, but people resisted. Like others have said, the present day Apple is cautious. This may not be a good strategy, if going by that (very obvious) comparison.
Pretty funny really.
I remember friends of mine laughing in my face about 'being online' (in my face!) Now they spend every waking hour on it.
Oh, and they don't remember....
All these companies wasting billions? And for what? What if AI does not pan out the way they want? What if people do not want to pay for something that needs to be monetised to make its money back? Perhaps Apple can sit back spend less than snatch them all up for cents on the dollar.
Cannot wait for the AI bubble to burst and take Meta, Grok and the likes in its blast.
AI on a phone is a gimmick. I’d be curious to see the results of a large scale survey asking people if they really want some AI functionality at the cost of all their privacy.
What people want is irrelevant. What they can be coerced to buy and use that gives large companies more power is what it’s about.
……..Hey Siri……”what is Ai?”
“Siri”……they are both vowels in the English language.
Why would anyone right mind hire people that couldn’t get their own AI done right.
“Siri”……they are both vowels in the English language.
Why would anyone right mind hire people that couldn’t get their own AI done right.
its insane a human being is paid 200 million to get a job when there are people starving for one, even when they are qualified.
the layoffs continue, but no shortage of paying 200 million to apple people.
I mean, he knows something the entire human race doesn't? Apples AI is a joke.
the layoffs continue, but no shortage of paying 200 million to apple people.
I mean, he knows something the entire human race doesn't? Apples AI is a joke.
Maybe the employees getting wind of an Apple big AI acquisition and decided better this than layoffs or just uncertainty
Disrupting your enemy's ability to strategize can be more damaging than taking a few soldiers. Meta doesn't have to kill Apple's AI, they just have to constantly disrupt Apples plans; especially if those executives were on the 'rebuild Siri from scratch' side instead of the 'add AI to existing Siri' side. Having those AI executives will also help Meta pinpoint which engineers to try poach.
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Apple's AI team is taking shape.. bang bang chitti chitti bang bang