Unlike its counterparts, such as Meta, Microsoft, and Google, which swiftly introduced their generative AI products to both businesses and the general public, Apple has been notably absent in this regard. Apple went as far as prohibiting its employees from utilizing ChatGPT.
However, according to Bloomberg, engineers have been using an internally operated chatbot powered by Ajax, specifically designed to create large language models, similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. Interestingly, Ajax operates on Google Cloud and was developed using Google JAX, the machine learning framework from the search giant. By leveraging Ajax, Apple aims to create its own large language models, forming the basis for their internal ChatGPT-style tool.
While Apple’s specific intentions in the AI domain remain uncertain, the story may be a completely other one next year.
To be continued…