Do you really think the average Apple user will use it when there’s already better AI provided by OpenAI and Anthropic which don’t require advanced local hardware?
I was just countering your argument with an equally compelling counter-argument.
As for how it helps: we're not talking about this year's AI ecosystem, or even next year's. This rumor, assuming it's true, is talking about two chip generations into the future — and probably at least three or four chip generations before it's a mature AI platform. What will AI be doing for us in five years from now? How does Apple plan for that future? Will concerns of privacy increase or decrease in that time?
They don't need to pull out of this approach.