Federico Viticci Jun 21, 2024

Apple Intelligence not coming to Europe right away because of the DMA.

Clearly Apple had to respect this, just like they didn't scrape European websites for their LLM.

oh wait https://www.macstories.net/linked/apple-says-it-wont-ship-major-new-os-features-in-the-eu-this-fall-due-to-dma-uncertainty/

Apple Says It Won’t Ship Major New OS Features in the EU This Fall Due to DMA Uncertainty

A new round in the fight between the EU and Apple has been brewing for a while now. About a week ago, the Financial Times reported that unnamed sources said that the EU was poised to levy significant fines against the company over a probe of Apple’s compliance with the Digital Markets Act. Then, earlier

Show threadFederico Viticci Jun 21, 2024
Nice. Loving this product page update
Show threadSumocat 🐈‍⬛Jun 21, 2024
@viticci Launching in “U.S. English” also means it’s not really for Europeans.
Show threadFederico Viticci 

@Sumocat Language ≠ Regions

I can be an Italian who mostly speaks US English

Jun 21, 2024 at 7:49pmWeb
Show threadSumocat 🐈‍⬛Jun 21, 2024
@viticci I just read that it covered language and region. But whatever. You’ll probably get access to Apple Intelligence before I do anyway.
https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/112656156353412672
Show threadsukhJun 22, 2024
@viticci @Sumocat true but it does support the theory of how Apple was caught massively on their heels with the AI movement that they haven’t released this with at least U.K. English considering U.K. isn’t part of the EU anymore.
Along with their huge data scraping that showed little respect for open web & EU websites, they using the DMA as an means to shift “blame” and have added iPhone mirroring and SharePlay too because why not give an additional🖕🏽to alternative AppStore’s.
Show threadSumocat 🐈‍⬛Jun 22, 2024
@InterfaceEngineer That theory assumes Apple churned out their AI frameworks from nothing. What they’ve done is rebrand their ML work as Apple Intelligence and accelerated release.
As for “shifting blame,” the European Commission has oversight power over what integrated features need to be opened to third parties. iPhone screen mirroring? What about other phones? Does SharePlay need to share with everyone? EC should rule on whether these features are allowed as is.
Show threadsukhJun 22, 2024
@Sumocat oh for sure, Apple has been doing AI/ML features for a long while which @jsnell has commented on pretty eloquently on. My comment on being caught on theirs heels was around ChatGPT release (LLM) in 2022 where Apple was, seemingly busy, battling Epic case as well as coincidentally the EU’s DMA.
Not sure I follow the SharePlay comment as this has been part of FaceTime & iPhone screen mirroring to Mac seems to Sherlocked feature from Bezel - https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/12/here-are-the-apps-sherlocked-by-apple-during-wwdc-2024/
Here are the apps Sherlocked by Apple during WWDC 2024 - 9to5Mac

Every WWDC sees a number of apps Sherlocked by Apple – the colloquial term for Apple announcing new built-in features...

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Show threadSumocat 🐈‍⬛Jun 22, 2024

@InterfaceEngineer Apple was never going to introduce their own ChatGPT in its current state. Aside from inaccuracy, it is as wasteful as crypto mining. AI data centers run on $30k 10kW NVIDIA chips. Apple on-device AI is limited but efficient. Same for Private Cloud Compute on Apple silicon.

All iOS/iPadOS integrated systems are subject to EC oversight. New features are subject to new rulings. Apple needs FCC approval to ship new hardware in the EU. EC does that for software in the EU.