David Emery on Apple is offering pubs $100Ks for permission to train Siri AI on their content - 'With the approach of LLMs, it’s not clear there is -any distinction- between ‘learning from text’ and ‘providing information from text’. The whole idea of current LLMs is to construct probabilistic models of the most likely/most valuable construction of text in response to a query. So inhaling books builds that text domain knowledge (word associations). This is also why domain-specific LLMs are likely to be a big success. By being constructed on relevant content (presumably with some selection/curation), the expectation is the search space is more tightly constrained and the results are more accurate/relevant.'
on Apple is offering pubs $100Ks for permission to train Siri AI on their content - 'Is their information really used to train Siri? Or the information is simply a source of information that Siri can’t obtain for the user?'
on Premarket: Apple is green - 'In mid-afternoon trading Apple is up $1.25 at $303.50. The major indexes are mixed. Apple, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Broadcom, Alphabet and Meta are all higher on the day.'
on Ben Bajarin is impressed by Siri AI - 'Since Siri has probably turned out better than anyone expected, the analyst naysayers will have to turn to something else in order to try to curb the share price. Now its chips and margins and sales, oh my.'
on Apple is offering pubs $100Ks for permission to train Siri AI on their content - 'Enter Mac Studio behind a Mac Baltric server with localized AI supporting industry specific needs.'
on Apple is offering pubs $100Ks for permission to train Siri AI on their content - 'There is a Medical AI that I use a lot ( but you have to submit your medical credentials) that will give complete complex answers to physicians AND a much more simplified version for patients. AJB MD'
on Apple is offering pubs $100Ks for permission to train Siri AI on their content - '“Apple is will pay” needs fixing. Could be “Apple will pay” but that may not actually be correct either. Fixed.'
on Apple is offering pubs $100Ks for permission to train Siri AI on their content - 'I’ve seen that sequence several times now. I think there are actually young people who talk like that! Maybe the writer of the headline was spending too much time in those “pubs”! 🙂 (I was confused by that!)'
on Apple is offering pubs $100Ks for permission to train Siri AI on their content - '“Apple is will pay” needs fixing. Could be “Apple will pay” but that may not actually be correct either. Apple is negotiating paying fees. The number “$100ks” is also odd. Sounds like Apple realizes the underlying value of the intellectual property they want to use.'
on Apple users love microdramas - 'Um, just remember, they may not be aimed at you as a male demographic.'
on Apple users love microdramas - 'I have a friend, Kris, who is an actress in these microdramas. She calls them “verticals” because they are filmed to be viewed vertically on a phone instead of horizontally the way traditional films are made. She considers them much lower class than traditional films, but she has gotten lots of work doing them. I only watched a couple of scenes that Kris had done. The names of the films were “That Missing Rockstar is My Husband” and “Hot For The Preacher”. In many cases, Kris is working with producers and directors from China, who speak poor English. This is for work that will be done in Los Angeles. Kris can consistently get roles where she plays the rich grandmother. For example, her grandson is in love and the couple wants to get married, but the rich grandmother is causing lots of problems. In the end, love wins out, and the couple gets happily married. In any case, it seems to be quite a growing genre that did not exist twenty years ago.'
on Apple users love microdramas - 'iPhone users spend more money than Android users because they have more money than Android users. That is why Google pays Apple. For access to those users.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Just before the close, Apple is down on low volume. My guess is it will meander around like this till the new iPhone comes out. Maybe about two weeks before then Mr. Market will start pumping up AAPL.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'In dental office, so quick comment: I LOVE that Apple gets to buy back shares at this price!!!'
