In other tech news, TechWolf has developed an AI engine that learns from internal workflows, while Indian startup Zyod has secured $18M to expand its tech-enabled fashion manufacturing. Telegram's small team of engineers has raised cybersecurity concerns, and Emergence has emerged from stealth with $97.2M in funding. Shopify merchants can now sell their items to Target’s shoppers through a new partnership, and Google is bringing its AI technology Gemini to teen students using their school accounts.
Key takeaways:
- Apple had discussions with Meta about integrating the latter's AI models into Apple devices, but the idea was shelved due to privacy concerns and potential damage to Apple's image.
- Apple has released its own suite of AI features under the Apple Intelligence brand and has partnered with OpenAI to allow iPhone users to use ChatGPT for certain queries.
- Meta will rely on its own apps, such as Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger, to reach billions of users, despite not being directly integrated with Apple devices.
- Apple is open to integrating different AI models with its devices and has confirmed a collaboration with Google to deploy Gemini.