Doesn’t this ignore that some data may be privileged/too big to send to the cloud. Perhaps i have my health records in Apple Health and Kaiser Permanente. You can imagine it being okay to be accessed locally, but not sent up to the cloud
Just wanted to say I'm sorry your fiancé is ill. I got engaged this year and owe a lot of my physical health, mental health, and productivity to my fiancé.
I would also find it hard to remain productive while a loved one is sick. I hope the holidays give you some time to rest and recharge, and that 2025 is a better year for you.
I understand the motivation from the OAI side. what does apple gain though?
The purported google deal made a lot more sense to me. OAI is terrified of google, and Apple could mitigate Pixel differentiating against iPhone. Google would get a bunch of training data as well.
Ben Thompson of Stratechery raised a good question - why isn't Apple partnering with Microsoft instead of OpenAI? Microsoft has the weights, can provide the requisite infra, is in the process of derisking the OpenAI collaboration via defacto aquihires...
OpenAI is losing people, has a CEO with a mixed reputation, irritates a famous actress who beat Disney in court...