Microsoft is now testing Bing Chat on Google Chrome and Apple Safari for select users, finally breaking out of its own Edge walled garden. Early access comes with tight guardrails: Chrome testers report caps of 5 turns per conversation and 2,000 characters per prompt, far lower than the 30 turns and 3,000 characters allowed in Edge.
Apple is quietly testing a ChatGPT-like internal chatbot that employees call "Apple GPT." Powered by its home-grown "Ajax" large language model framework, the tool is currently limited to internal prototyping and summarization, though Bloomberg reports the company is eyeing a major AI announcement next year.
Apple stock just closed at a record $183.79 per share, bringing its market valuation to $2.89 trillion just one week after unveiling the $3,499 Vision Pro headset. Why it matters: Investors are betting Apple's hardware design, brand loyalty, and ecosystem can turn head-mounted computing into a viable mainstream market where others have struggled.
Huawei actually registered the "Vision Pro" trademark in China back in 2019, securing exclusive rights across smart glasses and VR headsets through 2031. With China being one of Apple's most crucial markets, Cupertino may be forced to rebrand its spatial computing headset locally or cut a licensing deal with Huawei.
OpenAI just rolled out its first major update to the ChatGPT iOS app, bringing native iPad support with split-screen drag-and-drop. It also integrates directly with Siri and Shortcuts, letting you trigger custom prompts with your voice or build automated multi-step workflows without touching the browser.
Apple CEO Tim Cook just revealed he personally uses ChatGPT and confirmed Apple is looking at the tech closely. While excited about its promise, Cook warned about bias and misinformation, arguing that because AI moves too fast for regulation, companies must step up and police themselves.
Apple just announced iOS 17, packing on-device AI upgrades into everyday iPhone interactions. Autocorrect now runs a state-of-the-art Transformer language model directly on the Neural Engine for accurate predictions and grammar fixes, alongside on-device live voicemail transcription. Why it matters: Apple is quietly weaving edge machine learning straight into your core daily habits.
Apple just unveiled the Vision Pro, a standalone spatial computer controlled entirely by eyes, hands, and voice. It packs 23 million micro-OLED pixels across two displays and runs on custom dual M2 and R1 chips to process sensor feeds with almost zero latency. Why it matters: Apple is pitching spatial computing as the next major era after mobile, though the $3,499 price and early next year timeline make it an early-adopter showcase for now.
Nvidia just briefly joined the elite $1 trillion market cap club on Tuesday before paring back gains to close at $990 billion. Fueled by an insatiable demand for generative AI chips behind products like ChatGPT, the company previously projected a massive $11 billion in Q2 sales, beating Wall Street estimates by 50%.
OpenAI just launched its ChatGPT iPhone app, and Apple is already pocketing its standard 30% cut on every $20-per-month ChatGPT Plus subscription through in-app purchases. Analysts estimate Apple could easily rake in hundreds of millions annually from rival AI breakthroughs without even having to build a frontier model of its own.
Apple just banned employees from using ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot over concerns that confidential code or project data could be leaked or sucked into model training. Even with chat history turned off, OpenAI keeps conversations for 30 days. Apple now joins the likes of JPMorgan and Amazon in locking down generative AI on the job.
Apple just previewed a new slate of accessibility features, headlined by Personal Voice, a tool that creates a personal speech twin using 15 minutes of training audio. Designed for people at risk of losing their speaking ability, the model processes entirely on-device to keep voice data private. The features arrive later this year.
Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri just gave the world its first full look at the company’s secretive screenless wearable in a TED talk. The clip-on device operates independently of a phone, projecting calls onto your palm, summarizing emails, and translating speech using an AI voice clone. Why it matters: Humane wants to replace smartphone screens entirely, though how practical this puck is in everyday life remains an open question.
Apple is reportedly building a paid AI-powered health coach codenamed Quartz, according to Bloomberg. The service will tap into Apple Watch data to tailor workouts, sleep, and diet suggestions, likely rolling out next year alongside a dedicated Health app for iPadOS 17.
An AI-generated song mimicking Drake and The Weeknd just got wiped from Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube following takedown demands from Universal Music Group. The viral track racked up over 625,000 plays on Spotify and 275,000 on YouTube before disappearing. It puts the music industry at an urgent crossroads over synthetic voices and copyright law.
Apple researchers just introduced FaceLit, a framework that generates 3D faces directly from unannotated in-the-wild 2D photos. By integrating the Phong reflectance model into neural volume rendering, users can control lighting and angles with photorealistic consistency. It opens the door to creating studio-quality 3D digital avatars without specialized capture rigs.
Apple has quietly acquired WaveOne, a Mountain View startup building AI algorithms for video compression. The tech uses "content-aware" scene detection to cut video file sizes by up to half while prioritizing key elements like faces. Why it matters: The technology could massively trim streaming bandwidth costs for services like Apple TV+ while keeping playback smooth on weak connections.
Apple just began testing natural language generation features for Siri under the codename "Bobcat" in the tvOS 16.4 beta. The feature is currently limited to telling jokes and handling timers on Apple TV, though code exists across iOS and macOS. It is aimed at upgrading Siri's decade-old template system rather than building a ChatGPT clone.
Qualcomm just demoed Stable Diffusion 1.5 running entirely on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 smartphone, generating a 512x512 image in under 15 seconds. That shatters previous mobile records and easily beats similar tests on iOS. Running models directly on edge chips promises zero server costs and rock-solid privacy, though this custom software build isn't publicly available yet.
Apple and audiobook distributor Findaway have agreed to halt using audio files for machine learning training following pushback from voice actors and union SAG-AFTRA. Narrators discovered a buried contract clause letting Apple feed their voices into AI models designed to automate narration. While file access is now paused for union members, discussions over compensation and data safeguards are ongoing.
