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Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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They try so hard to do a polished presentation that everything is kinda fake and unauthentic. I don't understand how this attitude survived so many years.

People smiling while using Siri and holding their phones 2 meters away from their faces looks genuinely disturbing and fake. We are at that point where I hope their next stream will be AI generated so it looks more natural.

People smiling while using Siri look genuinely disturbing.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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They try so hard to do a polished presentation that everything is kinda fake and unauthentic. I don't understand how this attitude survived so many years.

Yeah, I find it so cringe. You can tell they all had the same exact training too. They all move their hands and arms in the same weird fake way.

"think different"

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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finally a snow leopard like release focused on performance and fixing user experience

My impression was that they're doubling down on that horrid Liquid glass. Apparently there's a new fancy slider for making it more (but not completely) opaque? Did I miss an option for turning it off?

[accessibility settings -> display -> reduce transparency] is the main option afaik. while you're in there, try "reduce motion" too, it's pretty nice imo.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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finally a snow leopard like release focused on performance and fixing user experience

My impression was that they're doubling down on that horrid Liquid glass. Apparently there's a new fancy slider for making it more (but not completely) opaque? Did I miss an option for turning it off?

Have you tried the Accessibility setting "Reduce Transparency"? Apple tends to hide too many things there.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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The new Siri might bring AI to way more people than OpenAI managed to reach with ChatGPT. I wonder what it means to OpenAI‘s planned IPO. Curious to try the beta to see how the new Siri feels.

Not by much.

ChatGPT alone is among the most popular apps ever made, and it's available both inside and outside Apple's walled garden. Letting it reach audience in countries where Apple doesn't have much of a foothold.

I do wonder if new Siri is any good though. Apple used to be a genuine AI leader, but they totally sleepwalked through LLM revolution, and Siri's response quality was a sad joke for a while now. Did they bring it up to modern standard?

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