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Tim Cook controls the iPhone, so he’s the new AI kingmaker
Apple’s OpenAI deal means it acknowledges it is behind on AI, but make no mistake, it is temporary outsourcing.
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The writer says Apple CEO Tim Cook is pulling the strings on what will be the first truly mainstream AI device: the iPhone.
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Over the past 1½ years, many have been desperate to share a stage with artificial intelligence (AI) wunderkind Sam Altman.
Microsoft could not wait to wheel out the OpenAI co-founder to show how ahead of the game it was; world leaders stood beside him to show how they were in the loop on the future; and conference organisers contorted their schedules to accommodate the most powerful man in the world of AI.
