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Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says CEO John Ternus is pressuring AI czar Craig Federighi to accelerate the Siri roadmap and deliver a powerful AI agent that can compete with OpenAI’s Dots or Meta’s Muse.
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AI glasses can do a lot of cool things, there’s no debate about that. But there are also serious downsides to the tech.
CEO John Ternus has pressured Apple’s software head to accelerate AI development beyond Siri, reports Bloomberg.
I asked free ChatGPT and Gemini to find Black Friday deals on four gadgets, then checked every price. One saved me $166 more.
Siri AI is much more intelligent and personalized compared to classic Siri, but it is still not nearly as advanced as proactive, always-on agents like OpenAI’s Dots and Meta’s Muse. That may change, though, according to a new rumor.
One robots.txt line could soon tell Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic not to train on your site, but it won’t stop their bots from crawling it.
AI-generated songs are filling Spotify and other platforms. These vocal, lyric and instrumental tells can help you catch them before you hit play.
Suno is facing yet another pair of lawsuits. A group of rights holders of Elvis Presley’s music and the publisher of some of Eminem’s biggest records are suing the AI music company, claiming it illegally generates music and lyrics that mimic those artists.
The latest 13-inch MacBook Air is currently available for $1,099.99, marking the second time we’ve seen this $200 discount following the company’s hefty price increases over the summer.
Code in the iOS 27.3 beta suggests that Apple could add support for chatbots to its smart home hub. There’s a flag listed for a “Conversational Apps” category.
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