Apple accidentally left Claude.md files Apple Support app

Post by xnorswap » Fri, May 01, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC

api wrote: post #202

rustyhancock wrote: post #11

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Apple seems to purposefully have decided to sit out the arms race. Probably smart time to rent and not buy if they plan on buying in a downturn.

This is how they usually roll. They innovate sometimes in hardware but tend to fast follow or even slow follow in software and services. Apple Intelligence is a placeholder and a toe in the water.

Post by evilduck » Fri, May 01, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC

xnorswap wrote: post #221

api wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is how they usually roll. They innovate sometimes in hardware but tend to fast follow or even slow follow in software and services. Apple Intelligence is a placeholder and a toe in the water.

They fast-follow then market so aggressively with just enough proprietary tweaks so they can trademark it that people think that Apple invented the technology.

Post by mathisfun123 » Fri, May 01, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC

rustyhancock wrote: post #11

internet2000 wrote: post #7

> Apple runs on Anthropic at this point. Anthropic is powering a lot of the stuff Apple is doing internally in terms of product development, a lot of their internal tools…They have custom versions of Claude running on their own servers internally. --Mark Gurman, Bloomberg https://x.com/tbpn/status/2016911797656367199

Apple seems to purposefully have decided to sit out the arms race. Probably smart time to rent and not buy if they plan on buying in a downturn.

Post by gambiting » Fri, May 01, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC

evilduck wrote: post #223

xnorswap wrote: post #221

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They fast-follow then market so aggressively with just enough proprietary tweaks so they can trademark it that people think that Apple invented the technology.

People end up thinking Apple invented something because they tend to make the first usable version of something that could appeal to the general population.

Post by beepbooptheory » Fri, May 01, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC

tracerbulletx wrote: post #125

fusslo wrote: post #5

to be honest, for some reason I expected most of apple to eschew claude/ai coding. I'm not sure why. It just doesn't feel very Apple-like

Some people are living in a different universe. Every single tech company I know is pivoting their entire company to AI based software development. Its in the performance evals, the wallet is fully open to use tokens to experiment, every practice and every process is open for re-evaluation. Its all gas no breaks everywhere. The conversation on the internet does not seem to realize this? Or is in denial.