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Apple has resumed conversations with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, to power some AI features coming to iOS 18, according to a new report in Bloomberg. Apple is also building its own large language models to power some iOS 18 features, but its talks with OpenAI are centered around a "chatbot/search component," according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman.
Apple is also reportedly in talks with Google to license Gemini, Google's own AI-powered chatbot, for iOS 18. Bloomberg reports that those talks are still on, and things could still go either way because Apple hasn't made a final decision on which company's technology to use. It's conceivable, Gurman says, that Apple could ultimately end up licensing AI tech from both companies or none of them.
So far, Apple has been notably quiet about its AI efforts even as the rest of Silicon Valley has descended into an AI arms race. But it has dropped enough hints to indicate that it's cooking
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 Earlier this week, noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo posted an updated forecast for Apple's Vision Pro headset, claiming production was being cut to 400,000 or 450,000 units compared to a previous market consensus north of 700,000. This came after a related report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who said in his Power On newsletter that demand for Vision Pro demos is "way down" while sales in some locations have significantly slowed.
Naturally, this incited a lot of panic and hand-wringing among Apple enthusiasts who feared that the headset that was supposed to change VR forever might not have the staying power they expected. However, before anyone else starts clutching their pearls, I want to let you in on a secret: It doesn't actually matter how many headsets Apple sells.
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First, let's talk production numbers. Is it 400,0
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