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Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by cromka »

slg wrote: post #140
cromka wrote: post #113

Spatial Framing? Yay, even more fakeness in photos, creating ever more artificial, never-happened memories!

There's something dystopian about the way that they are championing the blurring of the lines between photos and AI generated content with no consideration for the implications of that tech. Apple likes to pretend they are conservative with this tech rather than simply being behind, but this type of thing isn't a conservative feature.

Absolutely. I hoped they'd backtrack a bit on AI/algorithmic processing after so many influencers started to shit on the overly processed photos. Instead they not only ignore that, but they double down on making our own content even more fake.

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Post by mohsen1 »

amrrs wrote: post #38

Siri AI - looks like finally Siri is getting its due update, hopefully they ship it soon!

"coming later this year" – still behind the schedule

I have an iPhone 16 that was promised to have it. Now they are saying some features are available only on 17+ models

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by lwkl »

bombcar wrote: post #108
microtonal wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it is more that axing the audience feedback was convenient for them. In the old WWDC keynotes they had to get the audience to 'wow' and applaud. You could very quickly see a feature sink when Apple announced features where the audience went 'meh'. Now they completely control the narrative. But I have only rarely heard anyone who liking the new-style presentations. It all seems fake with the same woolly busine…

The audience was the only thing they couldn't control - so they got rid of the audience.

Their audience are no longer the people in the room. The audience is the people watching the video or livestream which is great because that means you don't need thousands of dollars and an invite to go to WWDC.

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by theshrike79 »

kettlez wrote: post #127

"Siri AI will not be available in E.U. until we figure out privacy" Funny to hear that after they mentioned how seriously they are taking privacy every 37 seconds.

EU wants them to open up the cloud models to any 3rd party.

How can Apple guarantee privacy then?

Re: Apple WWDC 2026

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Post by robot_jesus »

kettlez wrote: post #127

"Siri AI will not be available in E.U. until we figure out privacy" Funny to hear that after they mentioned how seriously they are taking privacy every 37 seconds.

I agree it's a funny look, but my guess is that it comes down to the cross-border data transfers and non-EEA tech providers. So even if Apple has private cloud compute and is using Gemini models, there are probably a lot of legal hoops to jump through and/or European-based data centers to spin up?

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Post by Todd »

cromka wrote: post #132

Kinda love that Tim said his goodbyes with a rainbow in the background. Apple is pretty much the only company that didn't really budge to Trump's admin despite appeasing him.

Don't forget Costco

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Post by PedroBatista »

nozzlegear wrote: post #88
seydor wrote: post #79

I often think that Zuck spent so much on metaverse in order to to bait Apple to spend enormously on an experimental product and OS which now they are forced to maintain

I used to have an Apple Vision Pro; it was a genuinely great piece of tech. IMO if Apple went somewhere like wearable glasses with it, it'd be a hit.

It's great, yet you "used to have it" :)

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Post by bnj »

try-working wrote: post #71
llm_nerd wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They communicate the products and product changes quickly, comprehensively and accurately. This was a change that happened at the beginning of COVID, but it turns out most people liked it so it stuck. Many of us don't want to watch people fumble with presentation problems. We don't want the lead in, setup, filler banter, so on. I'll take this sort of "you spend your time perfecting your presentation instead of wastin…

Nobody likes this. How did you come up with the idea to claim that was Apple's reasoning?

I like it I think it’s sort of cool to see the different environments around Apple Park and be able to hear from a lot of different employees without having to watch a parade over the stage

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Post by theshrike79 »

earthnail wrote: post #122

Ouch. “ Developers can start trying out the new version of Siri today, with a beta launching to the public later this year. Siri AI will not be available in the EU on iOS and iPadOS.” Will it be available to developers in the EU though?

When EU and Apple figure out the 3rd party cloud model provider thing.
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