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> get LLMs to perform up to Apple's typical standards of polish and control. I reject this spin (which is the Apple PR explanation for their failure). LLMs alr
by xp84 1y ago
> get LLMs to perform up to Apple's typical standards of polish and control.
I reject this spin (which is the Apple PR explanation for their failure). LLMs already do far better than Apple’s 2025 standards of polish. Contrast things built outside Apple. The only thing holding Siri back is Apple’s refusal to build a simple implementation where they expose the APIs to “do phone things” or “do home things” as a tool call to a plain old LLM (or heck, build MCP so LLM can control your device). It would be straightforward for Apple to negotiate with a real AI company to guarantee no training on the data, etc. the same way that business accounts on OpenAI etc. offer. It might cost Apple a bunch of money, but fortunately they have like 1000 bunches of money.
- beyarkay 1y agoI could also imagine that Apple execs might be too proud to use someone else's AI, and so wanted to train their own from scratch, but ultimately failed to do this. Totally agree that this smells like a people failure rather than a technology failure
- lazystar 1y agoreminds me of the attempts that companies in the game industry made to get away from steam in the 2010's - 2020's. turns out having your game developers pivot to building a proprietary virtual software market feature, and then competing with an established titan, is not an easy task.