Tech giants Apple and Meta won’t be teaming up for an AI collab anytime soon — and privacy concerns might be the 🔑 dealbreaker. According to Bloomberg, Apple rejected Meta’s proposal to integrate its Llama chatbot into iPhones months ago, with talks lasting only weeks before fizzling out. 🚫
Why No ‘Llama’ in Your iPhone?
Sources say Apple wasn’t sold on Meta’s privacy safeguards (surprise, surprise? 👀). The brief March discussions never reached formal stages, especially as Apple pivoted to partnerships with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini instead.
AI Wars Heat Up 🔥
This comes after Apple’s splashy AI reveal at #WWDC24, where it promised ‘Apple Intelligence’ upgrades and ChatGPT integration. Meta, meanwhile, is left knocking on closed doors — though we’re betting this isn’t the last chapter in Silicon Valley’s AI arms race. 💻✨
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Apple, Meta not in talks for AI partnership, Bloomberg reports
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