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I wonder why Apple pulled out
by CSMastermind 2y ago
I wonder why Apple pulled out
- paxys 2y agoApple is an extremely conservative minded company. Making a huge gamble on an overhyped overvalued company for a chance at a 10x return isn't in their DNA.
- dom96 2y agoor after building their own LLM that runs locally on Apple Sillicon they've decided that this technology is crazily overhyped
- BonoboIO 2y agoApple survived with Siri for 10 years that is absolutely useless beside creating a timer … so they have time to wait and even use open source llms in the future.
- onlyrealcuzzo 2y agoIt's almost as if people are willing to pay more for an iPhone than an assistant / LLM.
- Mistletoe 2y agoI asked Siri how much 500 mL of water weighed the other day and she said 0.13 gallons. I should have remembered a mL weighs a gram but still. Siri is dumber than dirt.
- CSMastermind 2y agoBut why wait until the 11th hour to pull out? They were on the round up until today.
- paxys 2y agoI assume the valuation got too rich for their liking. $157B is even higher than what was speculated on the news in recent weeks.
- happyopossum 2y ago> They were on the round up until today. Not at all - their dropping out leaked last week, who knows how long ago they actually backed away from the table... https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-no-longer-in-talks-to-join-openai-investment-round-e3be3e66 https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-no-longer-in-talks-to-join-op...
- CSMastermind 2y agoWell that's a good reminder to not believe what I read on X. Thanks for posting
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