Notably, PrismML CEO Babak Hassibi told CNBC this, so it’s either (1) bullshit, or (2) he just ended any chance of a relationship by leaking news of the talks.

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rogerkirkness an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Apple would punish him severely unless they cleared it in advance, it might be to their advantage for some reason (negotiating with Google for Gemma rights? idk).

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segmondy 28 minutes ago | parent [-]

Apple is too desperate to be making demands. You confuse the Apple of yesterday and of today. Things change fast and things have changed.

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mandeepj 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> Apple is too desperate to be making demands

They don't give a F about AI or any new AI model that was announced this morning. Wasn't there news a while ago about them buying Perplexity?

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conception 12 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

You’re right, Apple only has 68 billion dollars in cash, up 40% since last year. Definitely on their last legs.

	▲	mgambati 5 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Free cash? Crazy. I think I can live with the interest of that in the bank.
	▲	brcmthrowaway 8 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I remember the infographics of 5-10 years ago. They had 200 billion. What happened? Sinking ship?

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maxvu an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The 2000 ATI leak showed up here a few weeks ago.

https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2000/08/02/jobs-snubs-at...

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thakoppno an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

either way, maybe a portent for the times.

apple’s secrecy agenda has been defeated to an extent by the practicalities of ubiquitous technology?