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Apple and Meta Reportedly Pursuing AI Collaboration
Apple has reportedly held discussions with Meta about partnering on artificial intelligence (AI).
The iPhone maker and the social media giant have discussed integrating Meta’s AI model into Apple’s recently announced Apple Intelligence, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (June 23), citing sources familiar with the matter.
The report noted that Meta and other companies working on generative AI products are hoping to take advantage of Apple’s massive distribution. For its part, Apple has said it plans to work with partners such as OpenAI for more complex AI tasks.
“We wanted to start with the best,” said Apple software leader Craig Federighi, adding that ChatGPT “represents the best choice for our users today.” He also said the company also wanted to integrate Google’s AI model Gemini.
Sources told WSJ that Apple has also held talks with AI startups Anthropic and Perplexity about bringing their generative AI to Apple Intelligence. PYMNTS has contacted both companies for comment but has not yet gotten a reply.
The report also looked at the mechanics of AI partnerships, in a conversation with Gene Munster, an Apple analyst and managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management.
He said that while ChatGPT usage is projected to double with the Apple partnership, OpenAI’s infrastructure costs could increase by 30% to 40%.
Munster told WSJ 10% to 20% of Apple users will choose to pay for a premium AI subscription to a product like ChatGPT, something that could mean billions of dollars for AI firms that integrate with Apple Intelligence.
“Distribution is hard to get,” Munster said. “The beauty of what Apple has built is that you’ve got this engaged distribution at scale.”
Apple’s partnership with OpenAI is designed to give Apple’s digital assistant Siri and its writing tools new heft thanks to advanced artificial intelligence capabilities.
While Apple could have used its own AI tech, the company concluded that its customers may want to use other AI solutions, like those that Apple itself sees as industry-leading, like OpenAI’s, PYMNTS wrote earlier this month.
As that report said, the joint effort is reminiscent of the types of partnerships that are “increasingly top of mind” for players in the bank, FinTech and B2B sectors.
“The classic dilemma of whether to build an in-house solution, buy a ready-made product or form a partnership to integrate new technologies has been a cornerstone of business development for decades, but the importance of partnering with third-party vendors has increasingly come to the forefront,” that report said. “The fast-paced evolution of technology and the rising complexity of consumer expectations adds layers of intricacy to this decision.”
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Here’s an alleged Pixel 9 in a vibrant pink [Video]
Google is releasing the Pixel 9 series very early, and right on cue the leaks are coming. In a first leaked video, we’re getting a look at a surprisingly vibrant Pixel 9 in a pink color.
It’s almost inevitable for every Pixel to leak in a hands-on video ahead of its launch, and that’s what it seems we’re now seeing for the Pixel 9.
A leaked video posted by @hanibioud on Twitter/X supposedly shows the Pixel 9 in a bright pink color. The device is supposedly from Algeria and is claimed to have 256GB of storage.
Focusing in on the color, it’s way brighter than any color we’ve seen in recent years outside of the A-Series, but matches the leaked “Peony” color that first surfaced back in May. The color is unusually vibrant for Google’s flagship lineup. As mentioned, we’ve not seen a color this vibrant on a Pixel outside of the A-Series since 2019’s Pixel 4 (with its delightful “Oh So Orange”).
The design, of course, lines up perfectly with past leaks, with the device having flat edges and a glossy back, just like we’ve seen previously. This model also has two cameras, unlike what the similarly-sized Pixel 9 Pro is expected to have.
We’re taking this video with a grain of salt, but the user posting images claims we’ll hear more details tomorrow.
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The first Thunderbolt 5 cables are here, but there’s barely anything to plug in
Available today from Amazon in 1-foot (0.3m), 1.6-foot (0.5m), and 3.3-foot (1m) lengths for $23, $27, and $33, respectively, the new cables obviously don’t do anything on their own — you’d need a computer with a Thunderbolt 5 port and a dock or accessory of some sort to get some real use out of it.
But as of today, the only laptop we’ve heard of with a Thunderbolt 5 port is the Razer Blade 18, and even there, it’s not guaranteed. You’d have to buy the $4,500 Mercury edition of the laptop to get that port. (You do also get an Intel i9 and a mobile RTX 4090 for the money.)
And unless you own two of those laptops, there’s still probably nothing special you can do with a Thunderbolt 5 cable as of today because the peripherals we saw at CES aren’t yet ready: Belkin, J5Create, OWC, and Sabrent do not yet list any of those Thunderbolt 5 products on their websites, and Hyper still shows its $400 dock as being out of stock with a “Sign up to be notified” button.
But if you do have two of the exact same $4,500 Razer laptops, could you use Thunderbolt Share to transfer files between them at ludicrous speed? Inquiring minds want to know. If not, I suppose you could use it as a USB4 / Thunderbolt 4 cable for now.
According to Cable Matters’ press release, its cable is manufactured by Lintes, the same company that provided the prototype cable we saw at CES.
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Instagram’s ‘Made with AI’ label swapped out for ‘AI info’ after photographers’ complaints
On Monday, Meta announced that it is “updating the ‘Made with AI’ label to ‘AI info’ across our apps, which people can click for more information,” after people complained that their pictures had the tag applied incorrectly. Former White House photographer Pete Souza pointed out the tag popping up on an upload of a photo originally taken on film during a basketball game 40 years ago, speculating that using Adobe’s cropping tool and flattening images might have triggered it.
“As we’ve said from the beginning, we’re consistently improving our AI products, and we are working closely with our industry partners on our approach to AI labeling,” said Meta spokesperson Kate McLaughlin. The new label is supposed to more accurately represent that the content may simply be modified rather than making it seem like it is entirely AI-generated.
The problem seems to be the metadata tools like Adobe Photoshop apply to images and how platforms interpret that. After Meta expanded its policies around labeling AI content, real-life pictures posted to platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Threads were tagged “Made with AI.”
You may see the new labeling first on mobile apps and then the web view later, as McLaughlin tells The Verge it is starting to roll out across all surfaces.
Once you click the tag, it will still show the same message as the old label, which has a more detailed explanation of why it might have been applied and that it could cover images fully generated by AI or edited with tools that include AI tech, like Generative Fill. Metadata tagging tech like C2PA was supposed to make telling the difference between AI-generated and real images simpler and easier, but that future isn’t here yet.
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