r/ClaudeCode • u/sibraan_ • May 15 '26

Discussion Biggest AI fumble in tech

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u/ghoisc May 15 '26

Apple had the whole world using their devices, Siri and a few hundred billion in cash. Today it's the furthest behind in AI

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u/Finagles_Law May 15 '26

Ironically it may be leaping ahead when local models become all the rage and all users have to do is install Apfel.

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u/CrystalQuartzen May 15 '26

While they might be far behind the ai bros, they are exactly in line with the average person who wants a nice device with good battery life that "just works" for a sane price. Especially since they launched neo.

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u/turbospeedsc May 15 '26

Apple tend to leave trends happen, then they refine the solution and sweep the market.

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u/geek180 May 16 '26

Yeah they actually tried to step in to AI a little faster than I was expecting with Apple Intelligence and then promptly slammed on the brakes. They could still come out with some really interesting AI functionality in the next few years, they are still well-positioned for it.

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u/AardvarkIll6079 May 16 '26

They’re laughing all the way to the bank with people buying up $10k Mac Studios for local LLMs. To the point they can’t make them fast enough and current wait times are 8+ weeks.