Apple is open to strategic partnerships that allow Siri to use third-party AI services for handling requests. At the same time, Apple focuses on areas where it can provide a distinctive impact, including accessibility features built into its platform. Vision Pro demonstrates progress toward ambient computing, where devices become more capable and context-aware. Future video-enabled AirPods are expected to further shift how people interact with computers. Interaction is moving beyond fixed inputs like keyboards, mice, and touchscreens toward more natural, flexible ways of using computing systems. Apple’s ambient computing effort predates the recent surge in generative AI chatbots.
"Apple is willing to engage in strategic, mutually beneficial partnerships, such as permitting Siri to use third-party AI services to handle requests. But even as it does that, it is also focusing on those areas in which it can make a unique difference, such as the accessibility features Apple as a platform has always provided."
"As the Vision Pro demonstrated, and as these mythical video-enabled AirPods will in the future suggest, computers are steadily getting smarter. So, the way we use them is also changing as we move away from the rigid boundaries of keyboards, mice, and touchscreens."
"Apple's quest for ambient computing began long before the sudden gold rush for generative AI chatbots."
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