Sure. Google location tracking "bad" and Apple data harvesting "good", but it's pretty hack to see articles popping up about how poor Android trackers are compared to AirTags. https://somegadgetguy.com/b/46Q
Ignoring the security nightmare AirTags were at launch, the assumed permissions Apple just takes for the Find My network, and the annoying (and scary looking) process Apple forces users through to OPT OUT of location tracking, it's shocking how well Google is doing only a couple weeks into this new finder network going live.
I give #macos some grief but multi-monitor handling has gotten SO much better from the Tiger/Snow Leopard days. Running a laptop in clamshell mode has gone from feeling somewhat unsupported to clearly being a configuration that #Apple is testing internally.
Also the CalDigit TS4 dock is such a bulletproof little machine. Huge fan.
“To the extent that #generativeAI progress rests on partnerships with large partners, the precise contours of any deal between #Apple and #OpenAI are unclear. Whether the two companies make a cultural fit, and how long the marriage can last, is an open question.” https://on.ft.com/4e8YcPD
#Apple#AI#GenerativeAI#Siri: "One concrete step Apple can take to show it is serious about the potential of generative AI is by using it to enhance Siri, the digital voice assistant it introduced in 2011.
The initial wave of AI chatbots led by ChatGPT, while catching the eye of consumers, is only one application of the technology — with the input and output both being text. An enhanced Siri might be attuned to user preferences and capable of carrying out a specific set of tasks very well, such as sorting through emails.
Within the limits of its existing hardware, Apple can use personal data kept locally on the device to craft these kinds of personalised experiences for its users, says Tim Bates, a professor at the University of Michigan-Flint College of Innovation & Technology. “I talk about this as ‘narrow AI’,” he says.
This so-called “on-device” premise has the added benefit of protecting user safety and privacy, as consumers are unlikely to want AI applications training themselves on their personal information and exporting it to the cloud. Running features locally also cuts out the lag involved in generating responses from a remote server.
“Siri is really the perfect ‘flavour’ of interactive AI,” Bates adds. “An individual can control their data, talk to the AI, and get things done, and not be afraid it’s going to be sucked out of the device.”"
You might want to turn off #beta updates on your #iPhone or other #Apple devices, wouldn’t want to inadvertently auto-update to an #iOS18 beta you don’t actually want!
I have been scrupulously avoiding the big #WWDC rumor-dump (the one that seems like it MUST have come from someone who actually saw the keynote in advance?!?)
Love being surprised and (sometimes) delighted by an Apple keynote.