Apple and AI: Siri the Early Years
The appointment of 25-year Apple veteran John Ternus to succeed Tim Cook as Apple CEO is just the latest and most prominent example.Which brings us to the subject of this post and the next: Apple and AI. This has been accompanied by long term investment across the whole technology stack, from custom silicon, through compilers and application software. These capabilities, and a willingness to use them, are central features of Apple’s DNA.There is a lot more to the say about this though!
- ▪The appointment of 25-year Apple veteran John Ternus to succeed Tim Cook as Apple CEO is just the latest and most prominent example.Which brings us to the subject of this post and the next: Apple and AI.
- ▪This has been accompanied by long term investment across the whole technology stack, from custom silicon, through compilers and application software.
- ▪These capabilities, and a willingness to use them, are central features of Apple’s DNA.There is a lot more to the say about this though!
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Apple and AI : Siri the Early YearsBabbageAug 13, 2026122ShareOne of the reasons for studying technology history is to look for recurring patterns: characteristics of either the technology itself or of firms that are built around it that are repeated time and time again.These can be particularly useful as predictors of future behaviour at a firm when that firm has strong DNA that is passed down from one generation of management to the next.It’s generally agreed that Apple is one firm with a track record of acting to preserve and strengthen its DNA. The appointment of 25-year Apple veteran John Ternus to succeed Tim Cook as Apple CEO is just the latest and most prominent example.Which brings us to the subject of this post and the next: Apple and AI.
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