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> Anyone with money can trivially catch up to a state of the art model from six months ago. How come apple is struggling then?
It looks more like a strategic decision tbh. The may want to use 3rd party or just wait for AI to be more stable to see how people actually use it instead of adding slop in the core of their product.
Announcing a load of AI features on stage and then failing to deliver them doesn't feel very strategic.