John Ternus answers investor question on where Apple is at with consumer AI agent capabilities: “With Siri AI, we really have the kind of the Siri that we always wanted. It's primarily request based today, but as we talked about at WWDC, it's built on a modern orchestrated-driven architecture that gives us real room to expand its capabilities over time. As far as agentic capabilities, you know, we think these are promising tools for users. We just want to make sure that users are aware of what they're giving access to. We want to make sure this is done in a way that protects security and privacy. So, you know, we're pushing really hard on that with Siri AI, but we're also really encouraged the fact that Apple devices, we think, are the best places to use all forms of AI.”

I sat down with Microsoft's @satyanadella to talk about the new Nvidia-powered Surface Laptop Ultra, whether AI is going to kill us and, of course, the original cute AI agent: Clippy.

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Well, this is where we are now. Apple is introducing Apple Reference Image, its way of digitally watermarking photos to verify that they were actually captured by a camera—not generated by AI.

My interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman is up. Some of the headlines: - He admits ChatGPT desktop app is a mess, but will get better - New devices are coming soon - The Apple fight isn’t slowing them down - Voice is a very big deal and Brockman thinks it will be the primary interface in future Plus, I let ChatGPT ask interview questions. Watch the whole thing.

For the first time since about 2010 I was sad to not be at Computex this week. I’m genuinely excited about Nvidia's RTX Spark. The idea of having AI agents running locally on a laptop or desktop—not always in the cloud—is one of the most interesting shifts in computing. But—and this is a big BUT!—I’ve also covered tech long enough to remember a lot of promises about the future of the PC. Meanwhile, Apple’s M series have completely reshaped our expectations of performance and battery life. The hardware doesn’t arrive until the fall. I’ll be first in line to test whether this is truly a new era for PCs or just another keynote!