> they needed something splashy in the absence of their promised AI features Yes - they showed their hand when Apple execs declined to appear at the annualThe

> they needed something splashy in the absence of their promised AI features Yes - they showed their hand when Apple execs declined to appear at the annualThe Talk Show Live shortly after the host of the show publicly questioned the Apple about the failure to deliver on Apple Intelligence. They clearly did not want anyone talking to them about that, and the myriad of friendly interviews they did post with other tech folks danced beautifully around the lack of anything in Apple's AI offering.