Anthropic trained Claude on database of works it knew were pirated, and now it has to pay $1.5 billion to the authors.
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"The industry narrative says Apple is late to AI, but the consumer data says Apple's timing may be just right."
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3 months ago"Yesterday, Apple had no cards. Today they have all of the cards."
"In our view, what needs to be settled before shares can regain more momentum is clarity on Apple’s AI strategy, which recent reports indicate is slowly emerging following a shake-up of the Apple Intelligence team earlier this year." — Analyst Erik Woodring
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“I think this is what everyone who’s holding shares of Apple... wants them to do.”
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CNBC's Apple watchers find themselves on opposite sides of the question.
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Among the potential targets Apple executives have discussed are Mistral AI, a Paris-based rival to OpenAI, and AI-powered search engine Perplexity.
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From "Wedbush's Dan Ives: 80% of Musk lawsuit against Apple, OpenAI is 'noise'" which aired Monday on CNBC.
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4 months ago"If users begin to use AI agents on smartphones to carry out tasks on their behalf, then the Apple user experience as it stands today would go from the best in the industry to the worst."
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