Apple reportedly is close to a deal with ChatGPT-creator OpenAI to integrate its generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology into its operating systems for Macs, iPhones, iPads, and more. Apple stock rose Monday on the news.
Patrick Seitz for Investor’s Business Daily:
In morning trades on the stock market today, Apple stock climbed 1% to 184.94.
Adding AI to Apple’s next handsets, the iPhone 16 series, will give consumers a reason to upgrade, Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives said in a client note Monday. Apple also could monetize some AI services through subscriptions, he said.
“As more apps and tasks are able to be completed with generative AI, Apple stands to monetize a significant revenue base over the coming years with its massive and unmatched 2.2 billion (unit) installed base (of hardware),” Ives said.
He added, “We would expect Apple to build out a next level Siri technology with OpenAI that can do complex tasks for Apple users and more advanced features that will eventually be a separate monthly subscription service along with other AI features.”
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Ug whyyyy! Meta released an open source free version, Llama 3.
Just use that and contribute back to open source community.
And it also destabilizes AI stack out of the hands of a few to the broader community to make sure the AI isn’t evil insane.
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I have never seen a company that was on top of the world, resonating with everyone, lose their way, like modern Apple. They used to CREATE trends, not follow them.
Seriously: someone, anyone, make an alternative that isn’t Windows or Linux. I could literally give a s*** that Apple is integrating more algorithms into their products; in fact, it is sort of the opposite of making things useful to people that don’t just click a button, and that used to be their MO. This is not an ‘improvement’; it only serves to make Apple products even more appliance like, like a blender or a washing machine. The inspiration and vision in this company are simply dead. Dead and buried. The Scully years were glorious, even with all of their bad decisions, by comparison.
Just so sad, and at present there really isn’t any recourse. Is Tim even awake? The entire company seems to be utterly tone deaf to the people that are their actual bread and butter (hint: it isn’t gen z customers for whom their parents buy all of their tech like a toy, but rather the people that actually need to do things in this world beyond trying to influence others on social media, hoping for corporate sponsorships). No company is too big to fail and modern Apple seems to be resolutely determined to prove it.
But the question remains: without an alternative, what do the rest of real life people do, at present?
More pro enthusiasts are moving to Linux. It still isn’t “there” but it’s gotten better.
We just keep using the tech for what we need it for and don’t worry about Apple’s latest me-too bandwagon chasing or bizarre decisions. It has been a fun ride to use these devices AND have a exciting story arc of innovation to go with it, but it’s not necessary. Microsoft users have had very little equivalent to the fun Apple ride, but nonetheless their software and devices (mostly) work and people keep doing business and creating things. My Mac, iPhone and iPad are still doing what I need them to do, AI is still irrelevant to me for now.
Apple may well fail at some point (more like a gradual decline over a decade) but we’re not there yet. I suggest starting to treat Apple itself like iPhone update cycles. You’re not going to get dramatic changes year to year but over 3-4 years it’ll add up to a bigger jump. No longer watching Apple events live will help too, they’re not worth it. As a shareholder I still want to keep tabs on things, but I just watched the recent iPad event at 2x speed after it aired. I’ll probably do the same with the WWDC keynote or just watch one of those “everything Apple revealed in 9 minutes” vids.
CrapGPT… gross. Will have to move on from iOS if this happens