Apple to open up underlying AI technology to developers
Apple
said on Monday it will open up the underlying technology it uses for
Apple Intelligence
.
Apple software chief
Craig Federighi
said the company is opening up the foundational AI model that it uses for some of its own features to third-party developers.
"This work needed more time to reach our high quality bar," Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of
software engineering
, said of the delays of some features such as improved
Siri
.
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Apple is facing an unprecedented set of technical and regulatory challenges as some of its key executives kicked off the company's annual software developer conference on Monday.
Federighi also said Apple plans a design overhaul of all of its operating systems.
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