Apple has been having meetings with other AI developers, and could possibly form a partnership with Google’s Gemini in addition to the one it has already secured with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, according to a new report from a Bloomberg tech reporter. He also predicts that Apple will secure a deal with Google before Apple Intelligence launches in the fall, the service that will see ChatGPT integrated into Siri’s operations.
The reporter claimed that a Wall Street Journal article from last week—which said Apple could partner with Meta’s Llama chatbot—was immediately refuted by multiple sources. “The reality: The two companies had a brief conversation at Meta’s behest back in March (after I reported on Apple’s talks with OpenAI, Google and Anthropic),” Mark Gurman wrote. “Apple has zero interest in embedding Meta’s service.”
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Apple reportedly thinks Meta is compromised due to its privacy practices, and believes that OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic all have superior chatbots anyway.
On June 10th, Apple announced a systemwide (Mac, iPhone, iPad) AI upgrade that will give users access to personalized generative artificial intelligence. The new Siri will be able to take action inside apps, figure out context clues, and more easily learn natural language. Siri will also begin to work with OpenAI’s ChatGPT (although this feature is optional), and app developers are being invited to create with the new AI tools. SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he would ban Apple devices at his companies if they were to integrate OpenAI with Apple operating systems.
Many tech experts have been hoping that Apple would integrate AI developer tools to iOS, especially because it would give the AI tools access to a wealth of personal information. The Wall Street Journal says this is thought by many to be the “holy grail” of AI.
As Valuetainment previously reported, Mark Zuckerberg recently criticized AI developers for trying to create an AI “god,” boasting in the process about Meta’s decision to make their AI model multi-purpose and (allegedly) open-sourced. “I think if you believe that the best experience of this and the best future is going to be a lot of different AIs and a lot of different experiences, then you want to get it out there in all these ways,” the Facebook founder said.
Mark Zuckerberg Criticizes Tech Companies for Trying to Create AI “God” pic.twitter.com/7a0brCBJ7W
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Shane Devine is a writer covering politics and business for VT and a regular guest on The Unusual Suspects. Follow Shane’s work here.
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