AI, Mobile, and Eveything Around the Cloud

Say what you will about President Donald Trump, the new politcal norm is that you just don’t know what to expect next and you just have to be prepared. That has been the political reality and that is how I see where we could be head with artificial intelligence. And this past weekend, we were all thrown a curve ball when Dario Amedeo, CEO of Anthropic suggests the frontier labs slow down the rate of development out of ear that AI ability is at the point where they pose a risk (he was sort of vague) to security (but he framed i as safety) and have the ability to improve upon itself, recursive self-improvement. Recursive self-improvement is going to be something we will hear a lot about in the coming weeks as politicians, AI supporters and critics debate over the call to slow things down. I like to dive deeper into this. It is important to point out that Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and Elon Musk (in all fairness has preached about this for years). For Altman, I was surprised by his willing...

Apple Pencil support on the new iPhone Duo was quite a surprise. All the other features, special hardwares, and even the form factor and dimensions were pretty much locked in and leaked.  But while I’ve been wondering and writing about the Apple Pencil support on the regular iPhone has been going on to years, I have gained renewed hope that with a new CEO at Apple,  The reason I have hope that this willl likely happen mojo is not simple because users of the Duo can unfold the DUO and beginning wirtitn or drawing.  The main reason is that the Apple Pencil also supports the 5.4” external screen.  I don’t recall if that detail was revealed at the iPhone event but a couple of posts mentioned it and I verified it in Apple’s own press releases.  While I was happy to see it, I have to wonder why and why now. The Duo is a tablet when it. Apple wants to make sure that all "iPads" support the Apple Pencil. That makes sense. Now, that does sound like it is simplifying thin...