CNBC's Apple watchers find themselves on opposite sides of the question.
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Among the potential targets Apple executives have discussed are Mistral AI, a Paris-based rival to OpenAI, and AI-powered search engine Perplexity.
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From "Wedbush's Dan Ives: 80% of Musk lawsuit against Apple, OpenAI is 'noise'" which aired Monday on CNBC.
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Richard Windsor: 'Apple AI – Desperate Days'
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2 months ago"If users begin to use AI agents on smartphones to carry out tasks on their behalf, then the Apple user experience as it stands today would go from the best in the industry to the worst."
The iPhone maker recently approached Alphabet Inc.’s Google to explore building a custom AI model that would serve as the foundation of the new Siri next year, according to people familiar with he matter.
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Mark Gurman: Meta poaches 6th Apple AI guy
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2 months ago"For Apple, the exodus has brought more upheaval to an AI effort that’s already struggling."
Google AI goes nuclear
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3 months agoHermes 2 is the first deployment under an agreement that Google and Kairos signed last year to launch the startup’s nuclear technology at a commercial scale.
How Zuck blew AI
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3 months ago"Meta was teeming with top AI talent, until it wasn’t."
"The messy rollout speaks to how the AI industry as a whole is struggling to prove themselves as producers of consumer goods."
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Perplexity said its offer to buy Chrome is “designed to satisfy an antitrust remedy in highest public interest by placing Chrome with a capable, independent operator.”
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