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Apple sued for securities fraud in failing to deliver on AI updates to Siri, iPhone
Read more: Apple sued for securities fraud in failing to deliver on AI updates to Siri, iPhoneEric Tucker has filed a proposed class action against Apple, Tim Cook, and other Apple executives for alleged securities violations in allegedly making false statements about the updates to Siri and the iPhone integrating AI, or what Apple calls Apple Intelligence. This is quite a twist. As the other Big Tech companies (Meta, Microsoft, and…
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Research: Did Apple researchers overstate “The Illusion of Thinking” in reasoning models. Opus, Lawsen think so.
Read more: Research: Did Apple researchers overstate “The Illusion of Thinking” in reasoning models. Opus, Lawsen think so.In “The Illusion of the Illusion of Thinking,” Alex Lawsen of Open Philanthropy and “C. Opus” of Antrhopic–which may refer to Claude Opus, the model of Anthropic–try to debunk the paper recently posted by Apple researchers titled “The Illusion of Thinking.” The Apple paper concluded: ““We show that state-of-the-art LRMs (e.g., o3-mini, DeepSeek-R1, Claude-3.7-Sonnet-Thinking) still…
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Craig Federighi explains delay in Siri. Had to switch to Version 2 for AI overhaul.
Read more: Craig Federighi explains delay in Siri. Had to switch to Version 2 for AI overhaul.Apple’s WWDC conference is over. Apple received plenty of criticism for not having enough AI programs yet. Craig Federighi explained in an interview what’s going on with Siri. Apple couldn’t integrate all the AI functionality it wanted in Version 1 (V1). So, it decided to switch to Version 2 (V2). Unclear if that’s an entirely…
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Apple researchers cast doubt on AI reasoning models of other companies
Read more: Apple researchers cast doubt on AI reasoning models of other companiesAs Apple struggles to integrate AI into Siri and its other software, Apple researchers posted a controversial paper provocatively titled: “The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity.” The researchers are: Parshin Shojaee*†, Iman Mirzadeh*, Keivan Alizadeh, Maxwell Horton, Samy Bengio, and Mehrdad Farajtabar. First…
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OpenAI acquires Jony Ive’s design company for $6.5 billion. Poses new threat to Apple iPhone.
Read more: OpenAI acquires Jony Ive’s design company for $6.5 billion. Poses new threat to Apple iPhone.OpenAI announced the acquisition of Jony Ive’s design firm io for $6.5 billion all in equity. (Presumably “io” refers to input/output, which curiously is also the name of Google’s big conference I/O.) To put this acquisition into perspective, Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006, valued at $2.62 billion in today’s dollars. Ive is…
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Apple faces “crisis” in lack of AI. At least it won’t be sued for copyright infringement.
Read more: Apple faces “crisis” in lack of AI. At least it won’t be sued for copyright infringement.Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and Drake Bennett have a lengthy article detailing Apple’s woes in trying to deploy AI on its devices, including with a revamped Siri. According to the article, one member of Apple’s AI team even said: “This is a crisis.” Gurman and Bennett seem to agree: “And historically, Apple’s most successful products have…
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Apple receives pushback from US government regarding deal to use Alibaba AI in iPhones sold in China
Read more: Apple receives pushback from US government regarding deal to use Alibaba AI in iPhones sold in ChinaThe New York Times reported this week that Apple has faced scrutiny from the White House and the House Select Committee on China regarding Apple’s partnership with the Chinese company Alibaba to use its AI program in iPhones sold in China. The Apple-Alibaba deal had been announced in February of this year. China is a…
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Apple to invest $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years, hire 20,000 workers
Read more: Apple to invest $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years, hire 20,000 workersApple issued a stunning press release today: CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced its largest-ever spend commitment, with plans to spend and invest more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years. This new pledge builds on Apple’s long history of investing in American innovation and advanced high-skilled manufacturing, and will support a wide…
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Apple unveils AI: new Apple Intelligence, plus ChatGPT access
Read more: Apple unveils AI: new Apple Intelligence, plus ChatGPT accessOn the first day of its WWDC24, Tim Cook and Apple unveiled a massive integration of AI into most, if not, all aspects of Siri and its other programs. The most anticipated announcement was Apple’s partnership with OpenAI that integrates ChatGPT into the iPhone. Siri will ask a user if they want additional information from…
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Apple reportedly strikes deal with OpenAI
Read more: Apple reportedly strikes deal with OpenAIApple is late to the AI party. But it will soon make major AI-related announcements at its WWDC conference on June 10-14. One of the key components is expected to be the inclusion of OpenAI’s AI in some aspect of the iPhone. The negotiations have been widely reported, and, now, according to The Information, a…