Apple designs a protein in one stage: SimpleDesign merges two steps
Apple researchers published SimpleDesign, which generates a protein's amino acid sequence and 3D structure together. It was trained on over 2 million pairs.
Research
Apple
What is AI actually doing in the iPhone Duo's hinge?
Apple says the hinge is produced with AI. But what is described is not design: an algorithm matches each hinge to its best-fit housing, and laser scanning plus 3D printing fills in the residual waviness.
Products
Siri is rebuilt, but Turkish has no date
Apple Intelligence supports Turkish; the new Siri AI is English beta only for now. Five more languages arrive in October and Turkish is not among them. "Supported" and "available" are not the same thing.
Products
Apple has the sensor sign the photo itself
The iPhone 18 Pro's Reference mode produces signed sensor data at capture and builds an unalterable "digital negative". But what is proven is the integrity of the sensor data — not the truth of the scene.
Safety
Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence
Apple has asked for expedited discovery in its trade secrets case, arguing that forensic traces on a former employee's Apple-owned laptop are at risk of being erased.
Companies
Washington pushes back on Apple buying Chinese memory chips
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the country is not in favour of Apple buying memory chips from Chinese manufacturers, urging the company to find other solutions to the AI-driven memory shortage.
Policy
Apple trained its China-specific model with help from Alibaba
Apple is reported to have developed a large language model specific to the Chinese market together with Alibaba, and has registered the service with China's regulator.
Companies
Apple is in talks to pay publishers to supply Siri with news
Apple is reportedly talking to publishers about paying for current news to feed Siri. According to the WSJ, the company has considered a nine-figure budget.
Policy