• @spaduf@slrpnk.net
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    921 year ago

    Let’s be honest. They certainly plan to, but first they’re gonna see if saying “Apple Intelligence” a bunch is going to convince people they actually did something innovative.

  • @ArtVandelay@lemmy.world
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    They’re trying to make people associate the term “AI” with its long form spelled out, which is obviously Apple Intelligence. The goal would eventually be that when people throw out the term AI, it’s assumed that they mean apple intelligence.

    • Quicky
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      This is exactly why, and as simple as it is, it’s brilliant passive marketing. It stealthily implants an association to Apple Intelligence into every product and article that mentions AI, and might even require the author to distinguish their meaning when they use the acronym. They’ve Sherlock’d AI.

      • @ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee
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        Samsung Lawsuits: Apple’s series of lawsuits against Samsung over alleged patent infringements related to smartphone and tablet designs and functionalities have been seen by some as overly aggressive. These lawsuits have led to significant financial penalties for Samsung and have been viewed as attempts to stifle competition rather than protect genuine innovations.

        App Store Patents: Apple has been known to enforce its patents related to the App Store, targeting other companies that have tried to create similar platforms. This has sometimes been criticized as an attempt to maintain a monopoly over app distribution for iOS devices.

        HTC Lawsuit: In 2010, Apple filed a lawsuit against HTC for allegedly infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface and underlying architecture. Some viewed this as an aggressive move to slow down the growth of Android devices.

        Patent Assertions Against Smaller Companies: There have been instances where Apple has asserted its patents against smaller companies or startups. Critics argue that these actions can stifle innovation and competition, as smaller companies often lack the resources to fight prolonged legal battles against a giant like Apple.

        • @db2@lemmy.world
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          91 year ago

          App Store Patents

          “Apple denies that, based on their common meaning, the words ‘app store’ together denote a store for apps”

          Actual quote from a legal filing by Apple in 2011. It’s about copyright but the effect and intent is the same. They wanted Amazon to not use the term “app store”.

        • @tyler@programming.dev
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          -11 year ago

          Did you generate this with chat gpt? And that’s not being a patent troll. A patent troll is specifically a company that buys up patents, that they do not intend to use and never do, and then sue for them. E.g. a company that does nothing, produces no value, and simply takes others to court for what they own.

          • @ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee
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            Yeah it was generated, and you are right. I’m not sure how to format stuff to show it’s AI generated so I just use the quotes.

    • @themurphy@lemmy.ml
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      481 year ago

      It’s the whole point. They’ll try to take over the AI brand by doing this.

      "So what does AI actually stand for? "

      “It stands for Apple Intelligence, of course!”

      “Wow, Apple really is everywhere, they are so good and competent.”

      This will happen too often.

      • @Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee
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        61 year ago

        The worst part about this is us calling it “Apple intelligence” ironically will make idiots believe that to be correct.

        • @themurphy@lemmy.ml
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          It does, because now it’s their own thing.

          So instead of having what everyone else is having, they have their own and also hijack theirs, because Apple put the company name in it.

  • Resol van Lemmy
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    151 year ago

    If you acronymize “Apple Intelligence”, you will get AI. They were probably just hiding it.

    • @extant@lemmy.world
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      151 year ago

      They always rebrand features for marketing, you aren’t in a video chat you’re FaceTiming™. You aren’t talking with AI you’re talking with Apple Intelligence™.

      • Resol van Lemmy
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        11 year ago

        Now let’s add these words to the dictionary because everyone will use them.

        Duh, I’m kidding, “Apple Intelligence” is a silly name anyway.

  • @Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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    121 year ago

    Yeah, this is super on-brand for Apple. They still have the Jobsian slavish devotion to branding with all the Tim Apple complete lack of understanding as to its value or how to leverage that value.

    • @theherk@lemmy.world
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      571 year ago

      Call Apple what you will, but suggesting the 9th highest revenue company in the world lacks understanding of how to leverage its brands doesn’t really make sense to me.

    • @thesmokingman@programming.dev
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      171 year ago

      I agree with you. I think the responses to your comment are missing a few key points

      • Calling an Apple product something weird with “i” or “Apple” is Jobsian slavish devotion to branding
      • Under Tim Cook, innovation has arguably stagnated (see comparisons to Ballmer
      • Cook has not leveraged the value of Apple’s innovation successfully eg Apple Silicon being limited to Apple devices vs PowerPC days, the Vision Pro being horrible, the recent hilarious iPad creativity crusher ad.
      • A company with Apple’s market cap can do dumb shit and still appear valuable just because they have Apple’s market cap.

      I read OP as “names are dumb and this is just Apple trying to be different in the same way everyone else is.” I think all of that is true and I think it’s valid criticism of the product. My last point about Apple’s value is probably the most important. They can do a lot of dumb shit before it matters.

    • @Iheartcheese@lemmy.world
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      161 year ago

      Did…did you really try to say Apple doesn’t understand how to leverage its value?

      How many billions did you make last year?

  • @uebquauntbez@lemmy.world
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    61 year ago

    … or BI for better Intelligence, CI for common intelligence … YI for yummy intelligence, ZI for zoomers intelligence …