… But since the EU has asked for responses to its proposals for Google to open up to rival AI firms, Apple has tried again. "The DMs draft measures raise urgent and serious concerns," said Apple in a submission to the EU, as seen by Reuters. …
… When it comes to AI, privacy has been a big concern, so Apple will likely double down on its privacy stance to keep customers at ease.
… In an attempt to comply with the DMA yet preserve user privacy, Apple proposed adding a Trusted System Agent. This would be a mechanism that would allow rivals access to the same Siri AI functions, but let Apple maintain user security. …
… Why the findings matter for Apple& 039;s AI strategy Apple embedded its LLM directly into the operating system to give developers a unified interface and to maintain tighter control over privacy and execution. Deeper integration also introduces a central point of failure. …
… The court disagrees because Apple& 039;s imposition of guardrails on employee usage doesn& 039;t mean Apple is "misrepresenting" the safety and privacy of programs to the public. As such, the court denied the document demand. Not all demands were from xAI either. …
… Almost 59,000 apps were removed for bait-and-switch actions like that. Over 22,000 submissions were also rejected for having hidden and undocumented features, 443,000 were rejected for privacy violations, and over 371,000 for copying other apps. …
… So far, this has apparently consisted of designing a system for apps to adhere to privacy and security standards. Such a system would prevent some of the more elaborate agentic AI systems from being on iPhone. …
… Specifically, section 4.7 of the App Review Guidelines concerns chatbots, mini apps, streaming games, and other categories of apps. Apps may offer certain software that is not embedded in the binary, specifically HTML5 and JavaScript mini apps and mini games, streaming games, chatbots, and plug-ins. …
… Meta& 039;s Ray-Bans are, and are being used mainly to violate other people& 039;s privacy. …
… One way to trim the bills is to bring it locally, with AI models being used on a computer instead of a server. The problem there is the expense of the hardware needed for it. And, there are privacy concerns for cloud-based models too. …