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Some Apple Employees Have 'Concerns' About iOS 26.4's Revamped Siri
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Given there's an embedded subscription link in the article, it's clear MacRumors has come to some sort of deal with Gurman where they can basically steal his reporting with impunity. But there are probably limits on what they can say.
Well, except for all their software at least.
Somebody's going to pop it. What if it's Tim Cook or somebody else high-up at Apple simply admitting that AI in the form of LLMs is just not good enough for a true personal assistant?
I think this is a real possibility.
I just spent a couple weeks with a Vision Pro. I’m not sure I’d say it’s a flop. If anything, it feels really polished and well designed.
Designing a UI that’s controlled by the eyes can’t be easy, but it’s so easy to use. I think the biggest issue is that it’s way ahead of its time and people don’t yet understand the use for it.
At the bottom of the article there’s an ad for Bloomberg. I guess MR and Bloomberg are some sort of partners. Bloomberg are quite strict with their content being published without permission.
I think this would feel like denial. It would come off more like “we weren’t able to make something compelling”
It’s tremendous for Gurman’s professional brand. He’s basically the No. 1 source TV news outlets call in when they cover Apple. And Apple totally uses it to its advantage as well with controlled leaks of upcoming initiatives. The downside is when he tosses in real or real-ish leaks like this Siri one.
Just shut off the charge limit when you’re on vacation 🤷
No kidding . The chief engineer left. The one who replaced him 2 months ago just got bought my meta this week . And apple doesn't seem to be doing any effort retaining them, and offering higher paychecks, let alone buying an already worked on tech like perplexity . They're so conservative its insane
With the ChatGPT chat function being so breathtakingly natural and competent to interact with, and improving by the week, i really hope Siri is able to catch up next year.
Compared to where Siri is now, it feels like Apple have a mountain to climb.
Compared to where Siri is now, it feels like Apple have a mountain to climb.
Q: How many Siri does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Sorry, I couldn’t find “Ben Franklin Potato Conspiracy” in your music library.
A: Sorry, I couldn’t find “Ben Franklin Potato Conspiracy” in your music library.
Maybe because there isn't one?
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(at least not that normal users actually want or have a use for)
I must say that I am completely, absolutely, and utterly shocked to the maximum extent possible.
When people say it’s a flop, they’re talking commercially.
You don’t announce a refresh of a major new product category through a paper launch mid-week. Did iPhone 3G get this treatment? iPad 2? Watch S2?
That team has obviously been broken for a long time, hence the reshuffling and departures. Sometimes you have to let people go and rebuild. And any person in management will tell you that you’re not going to get much out of overpaying a clearly unhappy employee to retain them. Works in the short-term, but usually doesn’t fix your root cause.
Imposter syndrome? Phobia of failure? The creeping realization that, wow, LLMs are kind of ass and they way oversold their capabilities?
If you meant Siri, it isn't private.
Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M
Apple users may get $20 each for up to five Siri-enabled devices.
arstechnica.com
I have a sneaky suspicion that Apple is counting on exactly that: dragging their heels on their flavor of AI and limiting the amount of resources they spend on it, because why throw wads of cash and manpower at something that does not generate any reasonable RoI? In the same way, I think Apple may be more than happy that Meta is poaching so many of the high-salaried AI people, it mightn't look good publicly, but making them redundant would be a worse look.
Apple's mistake here wasn't being too slow at development, Apple's mistake was so publicly jumping on the bandwagon in the first place.
Give it two years before we start hearing about departures from Meta’s super intelligence teams. You can’t pay talent they way they are and manage all of the egos and personalities that accompany it without turnover and strife.
I just want basic things to work correctly and ideally fully locally.
The amount of times Siri makes the "thinking" noise when I just want to a reply to a message that came in or simply pause playing audio....is infuriating.
Honestly at this point... do what can be done in the next 6 months or so, release a working version of what was promised over a year ago, and just fix it over time.
Nonsense, Apple was realistic about the sales performance of that device. Tim has launched the Apple Watch and Airpods - both iPhone moments.