Tim Cook Says More Ais Are Coming To Apple Intelligence

Tim Cook says Apple has plans to embed much third-party AI devices into nan company’s operating systems. “Our volition is to merge pinch much group complete time,” Cook said successful an question and reply pinch CNBC. Apple has already embedded ChatGPT into Siri, pinch a Google Gemini integration said to beryllium successful nan works and rumors swirling astir a business pinch Anthropic.

This isn’t nan first clip we’re proceeding astir third-party integrations, arsenic Apple package SVP Craig Federighi said past twelvemonth that nan company “may look guardant to doing integrations pinch different models for illustration Google Gemini successful nan future.”

Cook besides said that Apple is connected way to merchandise an AI-upgraded Siri adjacent year, adding that “our volition is to merge pinch much group complete time.” Apple is “making bully progress” connected Siri, he added during an net telephone connected Thursday.

The news comes arsenic Apple releases its fourth 4th net results, which revealed that nan institution raked successful a grounds $102.5 cardinal complete nan past fewer months, marking an 8 percent summation erstwhile compared to nan aforesaid clip past year. 

Even pinch past month’s motorboat of nan iPhone 17, Apple has yet to recognize its plans for AI, which is expected to bring an enhanced Siri crossed its devices. In July, Apple CEO Tim Cook said nan company is “open” to AI acquisitions, and A caller report from Bloomberg suggested that Apple could partner pinch Google to build an AI hunt instrumentality for Siri. Google CEO Sundar Pichai besides confirmed past twelvemonth that nan company is moving connected Gemini support for nan iPhone.

Sales from nan iPhone 17 lineup apt only dress up a mini information of Apple’s wide $49.03 cardinal successful iPhone revenue. The caller lineup includes nan iPhone Air — Apple’s thinnest instrumentality yet —  on pinch nan upgraded iPhone 17 and 17 Pro. This year, Apple brought immoderate features antecedently reserved for its Pro-level iPhones to its entry-level device, including an always-on show pinch ProMotion support for smoother scrolling.

Apple’s Mac gross roseate to $8.72 billion, and it reported $6.95 cardinal successful gross from iPads. Apple’s services division, which includes subscriptions to Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Fitness Plus, and Apple Arcade, grew to $28.8 billion.

Apple besides conscionable released an upgraded iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and a Vision Pro headset, each pinch an M5-flavored spec bump. Rumors bespeak that nan institution is getting fresh to merchandise a budget-friendly iPhone 17e adjacent year, too.