Apple CEO Tim Cook: Apple Will Pioneer New Frontiers in Generative Artificial Intelligence This Year

Google CEO Pichai Reveals: Over 30% of Code is AI-Generated

During Alphabet's recent Q1 2025 earnings call, Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that over 30% of Google's code is currently generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). This means that for every three code changes, developers accept an AI suggestion once. Pichai noted that AI-assisted programming is gaining strong momentum across teams with the introduction of more powerful models and proactive workflows. Proactive workflows refer to AI systems capable of planning and executing multi-step tasks. He stated:

Apple's AI Strategy Overhaul: After Siri Shakeup, Mysterious Robotics Team Moves to Hardware Division

Tech giant Apple recently made another significant adjustment to its artificial intelligence (AI) division. According to sources, Apple plans to transfer its secretive robotics team from the purview of AI chief John Giannandrea to senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus, later this month. This follows the March move of the underperforming Siri voice assistant business away from Giannandrea. A series of...

Report: Apple Restructures Management, Separates AI and Robotics Projects

Apple Removes 'Now Available' Tag from AI Features on US Website Amid Misleading Advertising Claims

Apple has quietly removed the 'Available Now' tag from its Apple Intelligence webpage. This follows a National Advertising Division (NAD) announcement stating that Apple's AI advertising was misleading. The removal suggests a response to the NAD's concerns regarding Apple's marketing claims.

Apple Highlighting iPhone Cleanup Tool Despite AI Feature Delays

Despite delays to some anticipated Apple Intelligence features, Apple is actively promoting features already available to iPhone users. Recent advertisements focus on the convenient cleanup functionality within the Photos app. This feature leverages Apple Intelligence to allow users to identify and remove distracting elements from photo backgrounds, preserving the main subject. The latest advertisement showcases how to easily remove unwanted objects from behind the main subject of a photo with a simple tap.

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says AI Could End Disease

Apple Intelligence Feature Restricted on Meta Apps: Ban Sparks AI Competition Debate

According to foreign media reports, Apple's newly launched Apple Intelligence feature is disabled on Meta's apps (including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads), preventing users from accessing core functionalities such as Writing Tools and the custom emoji generator (Genmoji). This move is believed to be related to Meta's strategy of promoting its own Meta AI tools, highlighting the intensifying competition between the two tech giants in the AI arena.

OpenAI CEO Critiques Politeness as Wasteful in AI Interactions

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently argued that using polite language like "please" and "thank you" with chatbots like ChatGPT is wasteful, consuming excessive electricity and computing resources. Altman suggests that while politeness may be culturally expected or perceived to improve interaction quality, it unnecessarily burdens AI systems. Each instance of polite language adds to the computational load.

Apple and Sorbonne University Joint Research: Early Fusion and Sparse Architectures Advance Multimodal AI

In the field of multimodal artificial intelligence (AI), engineers from Apple have collaborated with a research team from Sorbonne University in France on a significant study. Recently, tech media outlet marktechpost published a blog post discussing the application and prospects of early and late fusion models in multimodal AI. The research indicates that early fusion models trained from scratch offer superior computational efficiency and scalability. Multimodal AI aims to process multiple data types simultaneously, such as images and text; however, integrating these diverse sources presents challenges.

Apple Plans to Boost AI Capabilities Using Device Data