This year, Apple will power some of its upcoming artificial intelligence features via data centers equipped with its own Apple Silicon chips as it races to catch up to rivals by infusing its devices with myriad AI capabilities.
Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
The company is placing high-end chips — similar to ones it designed for the Mac — in cloud-computing servers designed to process the most advanced AI tasks coming to Apple devices, according to people familiar with the matter. Simpler AI-related features will be processed directly on iPhones, iPads and Macs, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plan is still under wraps.
The move is part of Apple’s much-anticipated push into generative artificial intelligence — the technology behind ChatGPT and other popular tools. The company is playing catch-up with Big Tech rivals in the area but is poised to lay out an ambitious AI strategy at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 10.
The first AI server chips will be the M2 Ultra, which was launched last year as part of the Mac Pro and Mac Studio computers, though the company is already eyeing future versions based on the M4 chip.
Relatively simple AI tasks — like providing users a summary of their missed iPhone notifications or incoming text messages — could be handled by the chips inside of Apple devices. More complicated jobs, such as generating images or summarizing lengthy news articles and creating long-form responses in emails, would likely require the cloud-based approach — as would an upgraded version of Apple’s Siri voice assistant…
For users who want a chatbot, Apple has held discussions with Alphabet Inc.’s Google and OpenAI about integrating one into the iPhone and iPad. Talks with OpenAI have recently intensified, suggesting that a partnership is likely.
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MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s “Operation Catch TF Up” continues unabated!
As we explained in early April:
Apple was caught flat-footed, due to a lack of vision on the part of leadership. They were, uh, focused elsewhere. Apple’s traditional data center network is not fit for generative AI. It will take years and billions of dollars to catch up just to where GenAI leaders (OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, etc.) are today.
So, the only solution is to partner with a [Google, OpenAI, Baidu, etc.] for the real GenAI stuff while pretending (marketing) really hard that some on-device AI Apple has whipped up in a few months is “insanely great Apple innovation” that’s at the heart of Apple’s 2024’s AI announcements when it’s really just an adjunct… Watch Apple make a big show of its on-device AI at WWDC and run many ads touting it from June onwards.
Apple hopes to buy time for the data center buildouts and investments that will be required for them to someday own their own AI technology and not have to license it from the likes of [Google, OpenAI, Baidu, etc.].
This is what happens after a decade plus with a caretaker CEO at the helm after he hits the last page of his iteration playbook, yet attempts to stay in the game for too long.
See also:
• Work on Apple Vision Pro began under Steve Jobs – August 23, 2023
• Contrary to popular belief, Steve Jobs knew about Apple Watch – February 13, 2023
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Because: Tim Cook’s Apple ran out of ideas when Steve died an the last of the sauce was finally shaken out of the bottle. No joke, no one with two brain cells remaining cares, even in tech, and if this is the best Tim’s modern Apple can do, yes, ultimately, Microsoft will win, Google will win, because Apple has presented exactly zero that is compelling within their ecosystem. Pathetic. Every dang thing this company has presented since 2015. You are a joke, and an insult, Tim’s Apple; I doubt you’ll go broke, but you might as well be making toaster ovens or blenders. So great to be proud of that. We have confused profits with pride. 2024 silicon valley is a disease, like chicken pox or h*rpes are a disease. Alas, there is no vaccination. F*** off, Tim and your current crop of idiots.
smoke and mirrors, M4 does nothing special. Apple just said they will not be building AI data centers. Apple is pretending to embrace AI but in actuality they are just pretending to innovate with AI. The new Logic Pro feature that breaks a music track down to 4 discreet steams, Apple is pretending this is a new AI feature, but this technology has been available on the Mac via RX6 for a few years. Apple is pretending to lead AI but they have been so distracted with Apple TV+ and the failed EV that Apple was caught AI flatfooted. Every AI feature they have announced so far is just recycled tech. Name one original AI feature that Apple is providing. The winner is google. They own the Data center and they will own the data. Apple is slowly becoming irrelevant.
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You have an apt moniker.
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