This is good news. When I read the news that Apple is going to invest into OpenAI, I was a bit sad because Apple always tries to avoid to jump into the hype trains like blockchain, NFTs, metaverse etc.

Yes, there is Apple Intelligence but it is mostly writing tools, Xcode code completion, an emoji generator and so on. Nothing like something that is going to replace jobs, AGI and so on how OpenAI is marketing their products.

> Apple reportedly believes that the exposure the iOS 18 integration is giving OpenAI is “of equal or greater value” than cash.

So it's not just gig workers who get offered exposure to pay the bills.

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Some more discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41677333

What makes openai special in comparison to its competitors that apple wants to integrate their service?

You have to feel that apple is missing out on buying into this investment as it will clearly become very valuable.

As this is certainly not a money issue it may be in relation to privacy issues found by the Apple due diligence team at some point. Fixable - let's do it. Not fixable - let's move on to something else.

I was part of a few due diligence teams and the things we found sometimes broke the potential investment in less than a day in...

Nobody's perfect - but I think it's safe to say Apple makes a significant effort when it comes to privacy.

AI in its current state is a bubble. It's going to pop soon, and then we'll get back to business as usual.

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