Apple and Google and an AI Rumor - MOSK: 03.19.2024

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🗓️ 19 March 2024

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:09.0	Apple and Google and an AI rumor.
0:12.0	Apple defends its DMA compliance and a couple of Apple TV plus stories.
0:17.2	It is Tuesday the 19th of March 2024.
0:21.2	I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Maco West can brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by
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0:47.0	Find out more and that your support at patreon.com slash Maco-S-Cam.
0:56.0	So Bloomberg ran a piece Sunday that I know I missed.
1:00.0	Ben Thompson over at Strachecary was kind enough to copy and paste a lot of it.
1:05.0	Pulling from that, Apple is in talks to build Google's Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone,
1:11.7	according to people familiar with the situation
1:13.8	setting the stage for a blockbuster agreement that would shake up the AI
1:18.2	industry. The two companies are in active negotiations to let Apple license Gemini, Google set of generative
1:25.2	AI models to power some new features coming to the iPhone software this year, said the people
1:32.2	who ask not to be identified because the deliberations are private.
1:37.0	Let me start by saying I don't hate this idea. I don't love this idea. At first blush I find it hard to believe it has anything
1:46.1	to do with anything Apple's going to announce anytime soon. Apple CEO Tim Cook said on the 1st of
1:52.3	February that Apple was excited to share the details of the company's ongoing work in artificial intelligence later this year.
2:00.0	On the 28th of February, Cook told the company's annual shareholders meeting that Apple will break new ground on generative AI this year.
2:10.0	Those don't sound like the words of a guy still making deals on features for the next version of iOS.
2:17.0	That said, there is a ton about AI that I don't know.
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