John Ternus says Apple doesn't "want to ship AI for AI's sake" (Steven Levy/Wired)
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From Wired: John Ternus says Apple doesn't “want to ship AI for AI's sake” and that Tim Cook is “available to help wherever I ask” on policy; Ternus has yet to meet Trump — Apple doesn't need fixing, and it doesn't want drama. Its new leader is a “product guy” who bleeds six colors.
Businesses in ChatGPT (beta) lets businesses claim verified profiles and see how often ChatGPT mentions them; US e-commerce and online-service firms can launch their own agents.
Apple is now offering additional AI access via one-time $50 “intelligence usage packs” when monthly usage caps are met, starting in its Creator Studio apps — Apple has said it will eventually charge for expanded usage of select AI features. Now the first 'intelligence usage packs …
ByteDance released Seedream 5.5, an AI image model it says keeps unchanged parts of an image intact over 100 rounds of edits and creates transparent-background assets. It is rolling out in ByteDance’s Chinese apps. The performance claims are ByteDance’s own.
A self-funded team of six in Almaty, Kazakhstan, building photo-to-3D-print models, says it reached 11 paid subscriptions 18 days after payments went live.