This Week in Apple: Ghost in the machine

Apple hasn’t given up on moving things that have AI in them, the iPhone 16’s genesis is nigh, and clean the house because spatial personas are coming over.

What could go wrong?

Look, you’re worried about AI. I get it. It’s impeding researchers who track language use, it’s being used to send out phony-baloney cease and don’t-desist-but-instead-link-to-our-site orders, and it dishes out bad medical advice.

But, lemme just run this by you. I think it’ll make it all more appealing.

What if we put the AI… in a robot?

Killer, right?

Ooh. I mean… uh… not… er…

“Apple Exploring ‘Mobile Robot’ That ‘Follows Users Around Their Homes’”

Apple is investigating the use of AI algorithms that would help robots “navigate cluttered spaces within people’s homes,”…

If they’re looking for a place to test them, my office would present quite the challenge.

Apple’s car may have been a lemon, but imagine how much lemonade you can squeeze out of something that big.…