Apple Plans Major AI Push, With Focus on Local Generative AI Tools Coming by 2025
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Apple is planning a major push into AI and generative AI tools like ChatGPT. It has made over 20 AI-related acquisitions since 2017.
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Apple hired AI expert John Giannandrea in 2018 and is aggressively hiring more AI talent, with a focus on deep learning.
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Apple aims to run generative AI tools locally on iPhones rather than rely solely on cloud services.
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There are worries Apple's AI push is coming too late compared to rivals like Microsoft and Google.
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Apple's generative AI products likely won't launch until 2025 at the earliest.