> Wolfram Research is a strange company. Its CEO livestreams their R&D meetings and is publicly pursuing a theory of everything. and then: > Meanwhile, Googl

> Wolfram Research is a strange company. Its CEO livestreams their R&D meetings and is publicly pursuing a theory of everything. and then: > Meanwhile, Google and Microsoft’s OpenAI are commoditizing intelligence. Apple is, uh, sitting on Siri. And his conclusion is: > That’s why Apple should acquire Wolfram Research. I find that line of reasoning really weird. The problem is not that Apple hasn't bought its way into innovation the same way Microsoft, Google, or other big techs are used to doing, it's that their hush-hush closed culture tends to squander and kill those innovations. SRI, Nuance were great and offered state of the art tech at the time Apple launched Siri. But contemporary ML, LLMs etc. heavily relies on a more or less open ecosystem. So does Wolfram Research (even though it's fringe). (IMHO) Except for money, Apple has nothing to offer to Wolfram. [Added] > Apple could afford to make everything open-source. Apple has a lot of making up to do before they will be trusted and taken seriously moving into open-source direction. > Apple’s acquisition would probably cause unprecedented hype, and could foster a thriving community. A bit of hype, for sure. But fostering a thriving community I would not attribute to Apple. Please leave Wolfram Research be, they're good.