[wpasc]

I wonder if Apple's choice of IBM for AI integration is motivated by the fact that IBM does not compete with them on any level?

Outside of that, IBM/Watson seems like a comparatively bad choice of partners.

[patwolf]

Apple and IBM have had a partnership as far back as 2014: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2014/07/15Apple-and-IBM-Forge...

I remember as part of that partnership IBM released a version of their MobileFirst tooling that was identical to a previous version except it had Android support removed.

[jaxondu]

Tim Cook was with IBM for 12 years before Apple.

[mrpippy]

True, although it was from 1982-1994.