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What makes openai special in comparison to its competitors that apple wants to integrate their service?

jamil7 2y ago
Just a guess but I think Apple was just scrambling to have a foot in the door and is likely working on gradually integrating their own Apple Intelligence services as replacements.
- lokimedes 2y ago
  Apple is the most brand-aware IT company in the world. It is likely they simply recognized the synergy of partnering with the creators of “ChatGPT” that holds the mind space equivalently to “googling” but for AI among their customers.
  - tim333 2y ago
    Also being brand aware would probably put it off the recent goings on at Open/ClosedAI.
    - snapcaster 2y ago
      That's only to weirdos like us. the general public has _maybe_ heard of openai but otherwise "ChatGPT" is 100% of their knowledge on AI and the industry
- dagmx 2y ago
  In Apple’s presentation they specifically say that the OpenAI integration is akin to a plugin and they may have other providers, especially for domain specific knowledge in the future. The third party providers is smart imho. Apple take on little risk, and it allows them to avoid being reliant on any one provider.
threeseed 2y ago
Google is a major investor in Anthropic. Musk is too much of a loose cannon for Apple so Grok is out. Mistral is in the EU which doesn't have a stable regulatory regime. Leaving OpenAI which at least has the full support of Microsoft i.e. it will always have access to the best compute resources and endless money.
- stavros 2y ago
  > Mistral is in the EU which doesn't have a stable regulatory regime. I guess the US's "no regulations ever" can be considered a stable regulatory regime.
  - jandrewrogers 2y ago
    I think "predictable" would have been a better word than "stable" here.
    - stavros 2y ago
      Yeah, I guess "stable" works too, though.
    - atq2119 2y ago
      The word they were really looking for was "favorable".
- terhechte 2y ago
  They have a deep hatred for Meta, so Llama is out
- anileated 2y ago
  Making your competitor solely responsible for an important component in your ecosystem is bad news, and ClosedAI is basically an arm of Microsoft only separate to shield them from legal concerns around copyright. (And if the component is not that important, which is possibly the case with LLMs, then why spend so much money and undermine user privacy?)
- 2y ago
JimDabell 2y ago
Nothing. More integrations are coming in the future and the user will be able to pick which one to use. Apple have already reportedly had talks with Google and Anthropic. They went with OpenAI first because that’s currently the best.
yunohn 2y ago
Almost certainly because of the sheer popularity of the ChatGPT brand and majority of user/mind share.

Just a guess but I think Apple was just scrambling to have a foot in the door and is likely working on gradually integrating their own Apple Intelligence services as replacements.

lokimedes 2y ago
Apple is the most brand-aware IT company in the world. It is likely they simply recognized the synergy of partnering with the creators of “ChatGPT” that holds the mind space equivalently to “googling” but for AI among their customers.
- tim333 2y ago
  Also being brand aware would probably put it off the recent goings on at Open/ClosedAI.
  - snapcaster 2y ago
    That's only to weirdos like us. the general public has _maybe_ heard of openai but otherwise "ChatGPT" is 100% of their knowledge on AI and the industry
dagmx 2y ago
In Apple’s presentation they specifically say that the OpenAI integration is akin to a plugin and they may have other providers, especially for domain specific knowledge in the future. The third party providers is smart imho. Apple take on little risk, and it allows them to avoid being reliant on any one provider.

threeseed 2y ago

Google is a major investor in Anthropic. Musk is too much of a loose cannon for Apple so Grok is out. Mistral is in the EU which doesn't have a stable regulatory regime. Leaving OpenAI which at least has the full support of Microsoft i.e. it will always have access to the best compute resources and endless money.

stavros 2y ago
> Mistral is in the EU which doesn't have a stable regulatory regime. I guess the US's "no regulations ever" can be considered a stable regulatory regime.
- jandrewrogers 2y ago
  I think "predictable" would have been a better word than "stable" here.
  - stavros 2y ago
    Yeah, I guess "stable" works too, though.
  - atq2119 2y ago
    The word they were really looking for was "favorable".
terhechte 2y ago
They have a deep hatred for Meta, so Llama is out
anileated 2y ago
Making your competitor solely responsible for an important component in your ecosystem is bad news, and ClosedAI is basically an arm of Microsoft only separate to shield them from legal concerns around copyright. (And if the component is not that important, which is possibly the case with LLMs, then why spend so much money and undermine user privacy?)
2y ago

JimDabell 2y ago

Nothing. More integrations are coming in the future and the user will be able to pick which one to use. Apple have already reportedly had talks with Google and Anthropic. They went with OpenAI first because that’s currently the best.

yunohn 2y ago

Almost certainly because of the sheer popularity of the ChatGPT brand and majority of user/mind share.