[lmedinas]

Who cares ? Apple at this point as like infinite money. Plus they need to integrate more and more AI to improve their products. They already have the Hardware, now they need the SW and AI to make use of them. Same deal regarding the Apple Online Services.

[rvz]

Precisely. No idea why you are downvoted. Apple has been in the highly profitable position in the billions to be able to sit out and wait for years, rather than hastefully join in the AI race to zero.

So why race when you are already at the finish line? This is Apple's case and anyone who owns the hardware that they are making or creating and releasing $0 free AI models out there.

This whole article and its comments is a great big storm in a tea cup.