An Orchestra Without a Conductor, Apple’s AI Dilemma
· 35 min · Episode 478
Episode An Orchestra Without a Conductor, Apple’s AI Dilemma
This week on AppStories, Federico and John draw from their experiences using AI agents to imagine the sort of agent Apple could build with tight hardware and software integration if it had a LLM to orchestrate the pieces already in place.
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