Aaron Tilley

1 week ago | theinformation.com | Aaron Tilley

Apple is by no means a front-runner in the race to develop world-changing artificial intelligence, and its annual Worldwide Developers Conference last week did little to convince anyone that its Siri assistant would catch up to ChatGPT anytime soon. Still, Apple managed to stir up excitement among mobile app developers who want AI in their apps.

2 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Aaron Tilley

Apple appears to have learned its lesson about overpromising on artificial intelligence. Last year, at its Worldwide Developers Conference, the company made a bunch of bold promises about its AI plans to show that it too had an answer to the ChatGPT age. Those claims turned out to be half-baked, as many of the AI features under its Apple Intelligence banner performed poorly, while a revamped version of its Siri assistant still hasn’t appeared.

2 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Aaron Tilley

Source: The InformationAt Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, the company said artificial intelligence will be making its way into more of its apps, even though the new and improved Siri it announced at last year’s event isn’t ready. Apple said it plans to integrate live language translation into phone calls and iMessage.

3 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Aaron Tilley

Some app developers are seizing the moment to try to get around the Apple tax. On May 1, Apple finally succumbed to a court order forcing the company to let U.S. apps link directly to external payment options. The company had resisted complying with the order for nearly four years, and with good reason: It allowed developers to bypass the fee of as much as 30% that Apple collects on many transactions taking place inside iPhone apps.

3 weeks ago | theinformation.com | Aaron Tilley

Source: The InformationA federal appeals court denied Apple’s request for a stay of a court order that forced it to allow external payments inside apps for Apple devices like the iPhone. The company sought the stay as it appealed an April order that required it to comply with a 2021 court decision that it had violated California competition law. In April, the judge in that case found that Apple had failed to comply with her earlier ruling and ordered it to immediately stop dragging its feet.