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… Federighi “made high-level, strategic decisions about the Apple-OpenAI Agreement,” the judge noted, and “may have unique relevant evidence not already produced relating to Apple’s integration of OpenAI into Apple Intelligence.” Apple will also have to provide any “documents that refer to potential … …
… Even some Apple Silicon Macs will miss out on some of the new Apple Intelligence features Apple demonstrated during its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote today. …
… For “more sophisticated” questions, your device will contact cloud-based models, again co-developed by Apple and Google: a general-use model called AFM 3 Cloud, an image-generation model called ADM 3 Cloud, and an advanced model called AFM 3 Cloud Pro for “agentic tool use and complex reasoning.” T… …
… Apple once again stressed that these new Apple Intelligence features were built with “non-negotiable” privacy protections to make sure your Siri AI conversations aren’t available to Apple or anyone else. …
… Apple also said it has made the handoff between Wi-Fi and cellular networks more reliable. Apple will make beta versions of these OS updates available to developers today and will refine those betas over the next few months before releasing the final versions this fall. …
… For example, in March, Apple quietly removed a memory-heavy configuration of the M3 Ultra Mac which featured 512GB of memory from its store. For long-time Apple customers who remember how much Apple used to charge for RAM during the PowerPC days, these price rises might induce a little déjà vu. …
… Apple fans may not like the outcome, though. Apple has long crowed about the privacy value of running AI locally , but a new report suggests that despite Apple’s best efforts, the iPhone’s Gemini makeover will lean heavily on Google and Nvidia in the cloud. …
… Apple joins the patch party “Impact: An attacker within Bluetooth range may be able to listen through the microphone of a device which is not yet paired and actively seeking pair requests,” Apple said in a Tuesday security advisory . …
… This transition worked well enough that Apple essentially handled the Intel-to-Apple-Silicon switch the exact same way. Apple would also take advantage of the fact that its computers would use the same hardware as other PCs. …
… This should help these chips compete better with the Apple A18 Pro in the MacBook Neo. …
