How Apple's AI Strategy Changes with a New CEO
4/21/202624 min
Apple's incoming CEO John Ternus inherits a company that some say brilliantly sat out the AI spending race and others say completely squandered its advantages. Either way, the biggest question he faces is what Apple's AI strategy actually looks like going forward. In the headlines: OpenAI's new Chronicle memory feature, Anthropic's White House meeting, and TSMC posts another record quarter.
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[upbeat music] Today on the AI Daily Brief, how Apple's new CEO might change or not their AI strategy. Before that, in the headlines, a new feature that used to be controversial might become very commonplace soon. The AI Daily Brief is a daily podcast and video about the most important news and conversations in AI. All right, friends, quick announcements before we dive in. First of all, thank you to today's sponsors, Blitzy, KPMG, Zencoder, and Granola. To get an ad-free version of the show, go to patreon.com/aidailybrief, or you can subscribe on Apple Podcasts. If you're interested in learning more about sponsoring the show, send us a note at sponsors@aidailybrief.ai. While you're at aidailybrief.ai, you can see everything going on in the ecosystem. Right now, I've got an AI credentials survey live. If you would do that, it'll take you about 10 seconds and would very much help us plan some next moves. But we got a loaded slate of headlines today, so let's dive in. [digital sound effect] We kick off today with an interesting new feature announcement from OpenAI. The company has shipped a new memory feature in Codex called Chronicle. This is something that we've seen a couple times from a couple different companies, although it's usually been surrounded by some amount of controversy, and in the case of Microsoft, a withdrawal of the feature entirely. Chronicle uses screen captures to build a running memory of your workflow. The feature runs as a background agent, taking screenshots and deciphering them to build memory as you work. Now, OpenAI framed the feature as being a quality of life improvement by improving Codex's understanding of your work. They write, "With Chronicle, Codex