Apple is reportedly joining the AI race.according to to report from bloombergof Apple whisperer, Mac and iPhone developer Mark Gurman is working on an artificial intelligence framework and his own chatbot.
Gurman’s anonymous source details a key technology called “Ajax” that serves as the foundation for building the large-scale language models that power ChatGPT. A small engineering team at Apple also used Ajax to build a chatbot they internally call “Apple GPT.” Ajax was reportedly developed in 2022 by him to “unify machine learning development at Apple,” but the chatbot used by internal teams appears to be a more recent development. Ajax is built on google jacks Runs on Google Cloud. bloomberg report.
Apple has clearly remained silent on artificial intelligence. The company didn’t mention AI at all at the Worldwide Developers Conference, instead mentioning advances in machine learning. Many users point out that Siri, Apple’s voice assistant, which was first released in 2011, is not as advanced as competing products such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
bloombergThe report portrays Apple as uneasy about how generative AI tools have quickly become mainstream and concerned that it will “miss out on potentially the most important change in the way devices work.” ing. It is led by John Giannandella, Apple’s head of machine learning and AI, and Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering.
Gurman reports that Apple Maps, Search, and Siri are already seeing AI improvements based on Ajax. The question with the so-called “Apple GPT” (which is by no means the final name) is how it might appear in consumer projects.
At the moment, the chatbot is only available via a web interface, is only used internally by a small team, and appears to require an employee stamp with upper management to access it. Additionally, Apple does not allow the output from bots to be used for consumer projects. However, Apple employees seem to use it for prototyping, summarizing text, and answering questions.
Garman’s sources say there’s nothing new about what Apple’s bots can do. Similar to Bing Chat, ChatGPT, and their likes, but without the differentiator.
It’s unclear where Apple will use this AI technology in its consumer-facing operations. Garman said Siri was the obvious choice, but Apple points out that his AI will eventually end up in areas like collision detection and fall detection. But Siri’s emphasis on privacy hasn’t been able to surpass the previous generation. If AI makes it smart, it may become a little more convenient.
Apple appears to be lagging behind others like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google, which are testing mostly in open beta. This is in line with Apple’s approach in many product categories, waiting to mature before introducing sophisticated products.
CEO Tim Cook himself I tried ChatGPT, but also warned about problems of bias and misinformation. It will be interesting to see how Apple approaches these issues.
