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 Apple competitor Amazon is working on a revamp of its Alexa assistant, and the new version could cost up $10 per month, according to a report from Reuters. The upcoming version of Alexa will support conversational generative AI, and Amazon is planning for two tiers of service.
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 With iOS 18, Apple is working with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone, where ChatGPT will work alongside Siri to handle requests for AI-generated content. ChatGPT and other similar AI services are not available in China, so Apple needs to find an alternative.
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Apple reportedly said on Friday that it would delay iOS 18's marquee AI features in the European Union, conveniently blaming Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations. The company claimed it would block the launch of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring on the Mac and SharePlay Screen Sharing in the EU this year, according to Bloomberg, which reported the news.
"We are concerned that the interoperability requirements of the DMA could force us to compromise the integrity of our products in ways that risk user privacy and data security," the company said in a statement to Bloomberg. Apple didn't expand on how DMA regulations could force it to compromise user privacy and security.
The DMA, which passed in 2022, tries to usher in fair competition by reining in what Big Tech companies can do to stifle competition. It blocks them from pushing out smaller competitors, favoring their own services over those of rivals, locking customers' data into their platform and limiting transparency about their use of advertising dat
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Apple Pay Later is kaput. The company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday that it's killing the service only two years after first announcing it at WWDC 2022 — and only seven months after it became available to everyone in the US.
The company said at its developer conference last week that loans through third-party service Affirm are coming to Apple Pay later this year, so the two would have been redundant. "Users in the U.S. will also be able to apply for loans directly through Affirm when they check out with Apple Pay," the company wrote in a newsroom post after its WWDC keynote.
According to TechCrunch, Pay Later is already disabled as an option when checking out with Apple Pay, and it won't accept any new loans moving forward. However, those with current payment plans can still access those through the Wallet app.
"Starting later this year, users across the globe will be able to access installment loans offered thr
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