Apple’s perceived failing to build competitive AI capabilities will be highlighted today as third-party Apple developers descend on San Jose on Monday for its canned WWDC keynote” video, with many more watching the stream remotely.
Dave Lee for Bloomberg Opinion:
The tone of this year’s WWDC will be markedly different for one obvious reason: Apple has embarrassed itself. Many of the Apple Intelligence upgrades the company outlined in 2024 have yet to materialize on users’ devices, with the company forced to quietly stop running ads that suggested the features were imminent. The bells and whistles that did get released were underwhelming, buggy or both. Backed into a corner, by Wall Street or just competitive instincts against its peers, Apple looked to be in a bit of a scramble.
But it’s yesterday’s news to say that Apple is behind on AI. Investors know that, and the shortcomings have already been priced in; just one of several factors contributing to Apple’s share price drop of 19% so far this year…
Today’s story is instead about whether Apple can convincingly talk its way around its glaring deficit. That job will fall on the shoulders of Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook… More so than any significant Apple event in recent memory, this year’s WWDC keynote seems set to be a snoozefest, a placeholder for more significant progress to come next year.
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Honestly I don’t care about Apple Intelligence, Grok is amazing and it does things Apple never even said it would do. I don’t need Siri to schedule calendar events or book tickets based on something in my email, I just want the things I’ve been doing for years to be 100% consistent and for her to be able to answer basic questions without sending me off to a Google search. What I’m excited about at WWDC is iPad OS. There is no better time to change the focus from AI to the iPad and all the new versatility it should offer.
Grok will buy Apple and use it phones as accessories. Fire Ted Apple.