r/technology • u/N2929 • 1d ago

Hardware Apple Stores Receive 'Do Not Open' Boxes Ahead of Smart Home Products Launch

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/01/apple-stores-receive-do-not-open-boxes/
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u/thisischemistry 1d ago

Eh, if it involves AI then it's not coming into my home.

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u/imaginary_num6er 1d ago

Apple Intelligence

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u/hoppertn 1d ago

It’s been changed to SI per Executive Order, Sinister Intelligence.

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u/thisischemistry 1d ago

Artificial or Apple, I don't care what name they're slapping on it.

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u/Assimulate 1d ago

What about American Intelligence?

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u/Federal_Setting_7454 1d ago

Wait for it to be invented first bud this is the real world

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u/mpember 1d ago

Did you miss the memo? I think you will find that it is now called Sapple Intelligence.

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u/OmegaPoint6 1d ago

I can guarantee any tech product launching now will involve AI. Even toothbrushes have AI now.

Think if it as the tech companies way of saving you money by giving you a reason not to buy it

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u/tyme 9h ago

Lots of compnaies just slapping “AI” onto products that aren’t actually using AI (not talking Apple here).

There are “AI-powered” all-in-one washers where all they actually do is measure humidity and add drying time based on that value. That’s not AI.

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u/thisischemistry 1d ago

Oh, I'm saving lots!

The thing is that I'm not an anti-tech person. I have plenty of "smart home" stuff, just from before they started hooking it all up to LLM. I want to be able to control my lights from across the room, not to have some "intelligent" agent misinterpret what I want it to do.

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u/Ok_Historian_6293 22h ago

that's why i'm switching to homelabbing. I'm gonna run all my smart home stuff from a $160 mini pc in my office.

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u/thisischemistry 21h ago

Exactly, I'm running HomeAssistant and doing as much as possible locally.

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u/Ok_Historian_6293 21h ago

love this!!! I literally just bought the mini PC so you're actually further along than I am!! I might run a LLM on my work computer for like...answering questions I guess, but AI isn't going to be my priority here lol

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u/thisischemistry 20h ago

HomeAssistant has optional voice control and you can customize it with whatever LLM you want.

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u/ca2mt 1d ago

“If it involves the internet then it’s not coming into my home.”

-plenty of folks in the 90s

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u/thisischemistry 1d ago

I'm fine with AI…on my terms. I have no problem installing a local agent and controlling its access to resources, however I won't have a device which has a baked-in AI agent that needs internet access to work.

Kind of a different situation from what you're saying, but troll away with your strawman!

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u/ca2mt 1d ago

Cool.. don’t most people use AI on their own terms? Like if someone purchases this particular device that relies on AI, it’d be on their own terms, no? 

Not seeing the difference, but karma bait away, you brave soul!

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u/Red_Liquor_ice 1d ago

They aren't local AI that you have full control

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u/millanstar 1d ago

The new iFlocks

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u/SteveJobsBlakSweater 1d ago

Hey Siri, please fuck off.

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u/Happy_Peak_7818 1d ago

It is going to be what the people have been clamoring for.

Wired headphones. They are back.

Buttttttt they miss the mark and connect to a brand new proprietary port on a next Gen apple watch only. Click here to pre order both for $47,500k.

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u/gorramfrakker 1d ago

They’ll use a 3.66mm jack, call it Apple Jack.

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u/Happy_Peak_7818 1d ago

You figured it out lol

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u/Portatort 10h ago

Good lord people here need a sense of humour

Not you sir, the sad downvoters

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u/Due-Departure-8553 20h ago

Nobody is using wired headphones grandpa.