HococoderJun 14, 2025
Steve Troughton-Smith

The wider tech press seems to think that Apple failed to show anything meaningful to do with AI at WWDC, without understanding that /access to the Foundation Models/ is *bigger* than anything Apple announced at last year's WWDC with Apple Intelligence. It's what will give a million apps new AI features, and it's built-in, and free.

As much as I want Siri to not suck, I have ChatGPT on all my devices, and that solves 95% of the use-cases I have

Jun 12, 2025 at 7:37amIvory for Mac
Show threadAxel Le PennecJun 12, 2025
@stroughtonsmith 💯 I'm not quite sure yet it can replace what many AI wrapper apps are currently doing because input and output is only text-based for now. I hope Apple will move fast and accelerate release cycles to bring new features soon, without having to wait a whole year.
Show threadMelvin GundlachJun 12, 2025
@alpennec @stroughtonsmith At least it supports tool use, if I saw that correctly.
Show threadAxel Le PennecJun 12, 2025
@melgu @stroughtonsmith correct! I haven't experimented with Tool yet, but this allows us to call external APIs iirc.
Show threadebbiJun 12, 2025
@stroughtonsmith how good are these Foundation Models? The million apps with new AI features will only be as good as the models, and I feel like given Apples stance on privacy, their models will always lag behind competitors and compared as such.
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithJun 12, 2025
@ebbi yeah but not every little thing you would like to use AI for is rocket science — like having it pick recommendations from a json array, or generate fun names for things, or whatever
Show threadebbiJun 12, 2025

@stroughtonsmith true! If this is all Apple announced re: AI last year, it would have been enough.

Feel like this is Apples Microsoft moment but for AI - having to be platform agnostic and allow all, and be a conduit for, all models in the market and integrate it well.

Show threadSteve Sebban, CSIJun 12, 2025
@stroughtonsmith My take exactly. This is wild that most missed that.
Show threadWade McGillisJun 12, 2025

@stroughtonsmith mmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmm mm m mmmmm

"adding glue to my pizzas was a real game changer!"

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