Apple goes quiet on AI

Apple Bets on Hardware, But Stays Quiet on AI

Apple’s September keynote wrapped yesterday, and the message was loud and clear: this was a hardware-first event. From razor-thin iPhones to smarter health tracking, Apple doubled down on design and performance while saying surprisingly little about its AI ambitions. 

Here’s what stood out:

• iPhone Air: Apple’s thinnest phone yet is just 5.6mm, powered by the A19 Pro chip delivering MacBook-level performance.

• Apple Watch upgrades: A new model can detect high blood pressure and other advanced health signals.

• AirPods Pro 3: These buds offer better noise cancellation plus built-in heart rate sensing.

Light on AI: Apple Intelligence, Siri upgrades, and generative features were barely mentioned. A few updates—like Visual Intelligence and Live Translation—are slated for later this year, but the keynote focused squarely on sleek hardware, not smarter software.

Anthropic Agrees to $1.5B Settlement in Copyright Lawsuit

Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to settle a high-profile lawsuit brought by authors who accused the company of training its AI models on pirated books. The deal would see Anthropic pay about $3,000 per book and destroy datasets containing the disputed material.

The backstory: Authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson filed the lawsuit last year and alleged “large-scale copyright infringement” tied to Anthropic’s use of works from sites like Library Genesis and Pirate Library Mirror. While a judge ruled in June that Anthropic’s training practices qualified as “fair use,” the case was still headed for trial over material from pirated sources—until this settlement.

A big deal: If approved, this will be the largest publicly reported copyright recovery on record. It’s a landmark moment that underscores the growing legal stakes for AI companies training on copyrighted material.

Qualcomm and Google Partner to Bring Agentic AI to Cars

Qualcomm and Google are deepening their partnership to bring agentic AI into the automotive industry. Automakers will gain access to Google’s Gemini AI models and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis platform, enabling cars to get smarter—and more personalized—over time.

What they’re building: Google provides the AI brains, while Qualcomm delivers the hardware and connectivity backbone. 

• Together, they aim to create AI companions that can handle multi-modal, multi-lingual, and multi-intent interactions, making in-car systems more intuitive, secure, and brand-owned. 

• For drivers, that could mean personalized recommendations, adaptive interfaces, and real-time insights on the road.

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