Apple

4 recent stories about Apple, explained in plain English with links to the original reporting.

Friday, September 25

Tech3 days ago

Can Apple Home’s AI camera features outsmart Amazon’s and Google’s? I put them to the test

Apple Home is adding AI-powered camera features that compete with offerings from Amazon and Google. The article reviews how these features perform in real-world scenarios like detecting motion during household activities.

Why it matters: Smart home camera AI affects how people monitor their homes and families, making it practical to compare which platform offers the most reliable and useful automated detection.

SourceThe Verge

Thursday, September 24

Policy4 days ago

Everything is spying on you and there’s no opting out

Apple's new Apple Watches will continuously listen to and summarize spoken words detected around the user, prompting immediate privacy concerns from experts about legal risks in nonpublic spaces.

Why it matters: This always-on listening capability raises serious privacy and legal questions for consumers and could set a precedent for how surveillance is embedded in personal devices.

SourceThe Verge

Wednesday, September 23

Tech5 days ago

apple/LensVLM-9B · Hugging Face

Apple released LensVLM-9B, a 9-billion parameter vision language model that selectively expands compressed text images for efficient processing.

Why it matters: This represents advances in efficient AI model design that can process visual text information with lower computational overhead.

Sourcer/LocalLLaMA

Tuesday, September 22

Tech6 days ago

How to Claim Your Cut of Apple’s $250 Million Siri Settlement

Apple is settling a lawsuit over Siri's capabilities, offering eligible iPhone owners up to $95 each with a December 21 claim deadline.

Why it matters: This settlement compensates consumers who felt misled about a widely-used AI feature and sets precedent for holding companies accountable for AI product claims.

SourceWired