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Apple opens NFC tap-and-go payments tech to third parties in EU
The company had restricted its NFC features on its iPhones to Apple Pay users, but European Union regulators have broken the monopoly with threats of a $40 billion fine.
The company had restricted its NFC features on its iPhones to Apple Pay users, but European Union regulators have broken the monopoly with threats of a $40 billion fine.
The new Digital Markets Act will deny EU iPhone users the new Apple Intelligence AI features, according to Apple, although the tech giant has pledged to work with regulators for a solution.
In this article, we compiled the latest news in AI from June 8 to 15, from Apple's Siri update to Pope Francis's take on ethical AI and Meta's most recent privacy issue.
Apple is set to bring the challenge to the AI industry up a notch with its latest offering, which experts project is a large-scale introduction to AI with minimal focus on image and video generation.
Using elements of confidential computing, there are talks that Apple's latest advancements will be deployed to its Secure Enclave, which is designed to encrypt data during processing and storage.
Apple is also in talks with Google to leverage Gemini on the upcoming iOS, with both OpenAI and Google set to announce upgrades to their models this week.
Instead of introducing its new line of Mac PCs in line with the firm's tradition, Apple announces a new and powerful chip that is expected to expand AI functionalities on its upgraded iPad Pro.
Apple confirmed the release of eight small AI models split evenly between pre-trained and instruction-tuned models, with parameters ranging from 270 million.
Apple has renewed talks with OpenAI to power some features in the upcoming iOS 18; the iPhone maker is also in talks with Google for Gemini integration.
Apple's ReaLM boasts proficiency in understanding complex on-screen user commands and fosters natural conversation with users, allowing it to outclass older AI models like ChatGPT.
The various investigations by the European Union are to be concluded within 12 months, after which the Commission will inform the companies of its findings and explain the measures it is considering taking.
It was recently revealed that Apple acquired Canadian AI company DarwinAI, and now the iPhone maker is allegedly in talks with Google to implement its Gemini AI engine into its phones.