Tim Cook Knows Apple Isn't First in AI but Says 'It's About Being the Best' (gizmodo.com)
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- News link: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/10/21/1750249/tim-cook-knows-apple-isnt-first-in-ai-but-says-its-about-being-the-best
- Source link: https://gizmodo.com/tim-cook-knows-apple-isnt-first-in-ai-but-says-its-about-being-the-best-2000514347
The tech giant plans to roll out initial AI features on October 28, with more advanced capabilities expected in 2025. However, internal studies suggest Apple's AI lags behind competitors, with Siri [2]reportedly 25% less accurate than ChatGPT . Cook remains optimistic, asserting that AI will make users' time on iPhones "profoundly different."
[1] https://gizmodo.com/tim-cook-knows-apple-isnt-first-in-ai-but-says-its-about-being-the-best-2000514347
[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-20/apple-s-latest-ipad-mini-highlights-ai-advantage-sonos-considers-new-headphones-m2hkz4mn
Oh, Apple. (Score:3)
Can't wait for Siri to suck just marginally less than it does right now. That'll be "best." Good grief.
Might as well (Score:2)
Just get the ai brain implants over with
It's true though (Score:3)
I have the beta and already found it useful and convenient to ask Siri things. For example I asked it to translate something I was saying into a foreign language and vice versa when talking to someone. I could see myself using it for a lot of things .. basic fact checking or things like Siri make a note of the fact that I need to buy or do something at a particular time/place. That is beyond the current Siri of texting or calling people.
They don't need to be as good as ChatGPT .. but what they have in the beta is good enough. What I fear is history portability and things like that if I want to move everything to Android. I don't like giving anyone a monopoly for stupid shit.
Most people aren't used to having an assistant around so it will take some getting used to.
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> I asked it to translate something I was saying into a foreign language and vice versa when talking to someone.
Meanwhile people have been using chatGPT to translate entire books and games into other languages for at least a year, resulting in sellable products with good enough quality that people found them workable enough to spend money on.
> basic fact checking
You discovered chatGPT3
> make a note of the fact that I need to buy or do something at a particular time/place.
This isn't even AI, this is go
It's worth pointing out... (Score:3)
...that Apple haven't been first in anything.
This is not to say that many of their products have not been successful, just that none have been original - with the possible exception of iTunes.
Yeah, this'll probably get modded down, but it is nonetheless objectively true.
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True they may not have been the first, but they usually deliver the most polished and relevant version of whatever they are doing.
Then again, Microsoft kinda throws their tech (which is usually more conceptual than a fully realized product) at everything in hopes something might stick. Usually it doesn't work in their favor though.
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> they usually deliver the most polished and relevant version of whatever they are doing
Only if by polished you mean that it looks polished and fancy. Functionality-wise, I'll have to disagree.
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Funnily enough though they were the first to have a decent AI, or of you prefer neutral network accelerator on their phones.
Not a GPU, but a really good, solid FP16 tensor processor.
When "the best" is still crap... (Score:2)
It really does not matter. It has become obvious (again) that this AI hype is not a very big breakthrough (again) and that the promises made by the companies behind it vere vastly overstated (again).
Sent from my Apple Vision Pro (Score:2)
... that's all I got
AI appears to fit the classic hype bubble (Score:3)
Remember Groupon? Remember when that was the hottest thing since Google?