Can Apple catch up in the AI race?
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 11 June 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Apple on Monday said it has partnered with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its devices, and private equity groups are snapping up US accounting firms. Plus, President Emmanuel Macron stunned France on Sunday when he called snap parliamentary elections. The FT’s Leila Abboud unpacks what happens next for the country.
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Apple partners with OpenAI as it rolls out new artificial intelligence system
Private equity groups poised to own one in three top US accounting firms
Emmanuel Macron gambles on snap French election after Marine Le Pen victory in EU vote
Why Emmanuel Macron went all in against Marine Le Pen
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.0 | Learn more at equinore. |
| 0:10.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Tuesday, June 11th, and this is your |
| 0:17.5 | FTE news briefing. Apples trying to catch up in the AI race and private equity, hey, it's really digging US accounting firms. |
| 0:27.0 | Plus, French President Emmanuel McCrone's move to call snap elections is really giving go big or go home vibes. |
| 0:35.0 | The far right has never come to power in France outside of wartime, World War II. |
| 0:41.0 | This is unprecedented if it were actually to happen. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. Artificial intelligence this, |
| 1:03.7 | this artificial intelligence that. AI has really been the hot tech story of the |
| 1:10.0 | past year, but Apple has not been a part of the narrative. |
| 1:15.0 | Yesterday, the company tried to change all that. |
| 1:18.0 | Introducing Apple Intelligence, the new personal intelligence system that makes your most personal products even more useful and delightful. |
| 1:27.0 | Apple kicked off its worldwide developers conference with news that one, the iPhone will host a whole bunch of new AI features and two |
| 1:35.8 | the company is going to partner with open AI I'm joined now by the F.T's Richard |
| 1:40.9 | Waters to talk about Apple's announcements. |
| 1:43.0 | Hi Richard. |
| 1:44.0 | Mark, good to talk to you. |
| 1:45.0 | Good to have you back. |
| 1:47.0 | So walk me through the big announcement. |
| 1:49.0 | So Apple's vision of AI that they call Apple Intelligence seemed to be quite a modest idea at this point |
| 1:56.8 | and what they basically said was, look, we'll give you a more powerful Siri. |
| 2:01.2 | This is the voice-powered assistant that has been on the iPhone for more than a decade |
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