Comment by Lio
In most industries regulation is an opportunity for incumbents like Apple.
If Apple can profitably provide AI services without breaking privacy laws but their competitors can't Apple wins.
In most industries regulation is an opportunity for incumbents like Apple.
If Apple can profitably provide AI services without breaking privacy laws but their competitors can't Apple wins.
Ironically the DMA is telling Apple to reduce privacy to make Apple Intelligence work in the EU, it’s just a populist political attempt at regulating a market.
No sane person actually thinks Apple isn’t private enough for EU standards, they’re just not being allowed to compete because they aren’t allowing anyone else access to local user context, which would be a privacy nightmare if done incorrectly.
It's unlikely to be able privacy laws, but rather DMA / competition laws.
Apple Intelligence requires deep access to user data, systems apps, etc to make it useful.
Under the DMA, Apple would be required to also offer similar functionality to competitors (e.g. Google).