Apple CEO John Ternus pressured Apple senior VP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi to “accelerate the company’s road map and move quickly beyond merely making necessary improvements to Siri,” reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter.

Citing anonymous sources, Gurman writes that Ternus is “frustrated by what he sees as a reluctance to embrace AI with the same urgency as competitors,” and pushed Federighi for changes in a meeting behind closed doors. Federighi, Gurman points out, has been considered an AI skeptic with concerns “about the technology’s privacy, security, societal and employment implications.”

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[–] 10 points 21 hours ago (1 child)

They don't need new ideas they just need to keep their shit better than the rest.... Sucks ....

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  • [–] 10 points 20 hours ago

    They need to keep doing R&D moonshots behind the scenes in case they come up with something cool but right now folk want good battery life, security, reliability, and general piece of mind.

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