Sources: Apple lost at least four more AI researchers in recent weeks, two of whom went to Meta and one to DeepMind; a top Siri executive left for DeepMind
Apple Inc. has lost at least four more of its artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks in addition to a top Siri executive …
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@walden
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@markgurman Why is this only news when Apple has churn in employees? This happens all of the time in Silicon Valley, esp in the world of AI. For context tell us the churn in other tech companies. Also is it really bad to lose a top Siri exec, given its lack of advancement these y…
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@markgurman
Mark Gurman
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NEW: Apple has lost at least four more of its artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks in addition to a top Siri executive, with the staff headed to employers such as Meta and Google DeepMind. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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Apple Loses More AI Researchers and a Siri Executive in Latest Departures
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@rustybrick
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Apple is using Anthropic/Claude and was planning on using them but went with Google Gemini later - interesting...
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@thedealdirector
@thedealdirector
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@tbpn @markgurman Penny pinching on Siri is a classic Tim move here.
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@aakashgupta
Aakash Gupta
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Anthropic's pricing strategy just told you exactly how they view the consumer AI market: they don't want it. Anthropic asked Apple for several billion dollars a year with annual price increases that doubled over three years. Google offered $1 billion flat. That $500M+ annual gap
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@owneremeritus
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@tbpn @markgurman So Anthropic understood the leverage they had, but they did not understand that Google is now positioned to light money on fire (or leave it on the table in this instance)—for multiple years—in order to capture market share.
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@firstadopter
Tae Kim
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Wat. Apple went with the inferior AI for iPhone over “several billion dollars” when the company makes $120 billion in profit per year? That seems myopic.
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@chatgpt21
Chris
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Breaking 🚨 Prominent Apple leaker Mark Gurman says Apple wanted to build Siri around Claude & mentions Apple has built many custom tools, and essentially “runs on Anthropic” but said Anthropic wanted too much money and were going to double the bill on Apple every year for the [im…
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@vnchocotaco
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That former AI head should have accepted and purchased Anthropic back then. Tim Cook was prepared to sign off on billions of dollars for the acquisition.
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@saradietschy
@saradietschy
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Apple & Anthropic always had/have similar energy Big L on Anthropic's part for fumbling the siri negotiation. Big L on Apple for not just buying Anthropic.
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@tbpn
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Bloomberg's @markgurman says hiring John Giannandrea to lead Apple's AI team has been the biggest mistake of Tim Cook's career at Apple: “In 2018, they hired John Giannandrea. He was this high flyer at Google. He ran AI in search, and Apple thought they would hire this guy and …
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@tbpn
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Bloomberg's @markgurman says iOS and the App Store are already legacy features, and that AI agents are the future of Apple's software: “The AI agent-ification of iOS is happening.” “Apps are the past. AI agents are already here, and that's the move forward.” “AI agents are whe…
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@tbpn
@tbpn
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.@markgurman explains why John Ternus is the “only guy” that could become the next CEO of Apple: “All signs are turning towards Ternus.” “Ternus is 50. Everyone else on the Apple executive team is late 50s through their mid 60s. Turning 66 this year, in the case of Tim Cook. [vid…
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@tbpn
@tbpn
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Bloomberg's @markgurman thinks it's inevitable Apple will release smart glasses, and that when it does, it will “destroy” Meta's Ray-Ban Displays: “When [smart glasses] started to gain a little bit of steam in 2022-2023, that's when [Apple] started taking a very hard look at it, …
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Apple uses Anthropic internally despite failed deal to rebuild Siri
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Mark Gurman: “Apple runs on Anthropic at this point. Anthropic is powering a lot of the stuff Apple is doing internally in terms of product development …
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Mark Gurman: “Apple runs on Anthropic at this point. Anthropic is powering a lot of the stuff Apple is doing internally in terms of product development …
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Mark Gurman: “Apple runs on Anthropic at this point. Anthropic is powering a lot of the stuff Apple is doing internally in terms of product development …