DataStax CEO Chet Kapoor was as soon as an intern for the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
He worked for Jobs from 1989 to 1993 as a campus marketing consultant intern at a pc firm Jobs based, NeXT, and says that if Jobs have been alive at present, he could be eager about AI.
“If he was round for the final 10 years, I assure you it [AI] would’ve been prime of thoughts for him,” Kapoor told Quartz reporter Rocio Fabbro on Thursday. “He was all the time anyone in my thoughts, his greatest reward to us was bringing liberal arts and laptop science collectively to offer us the merchandise he gave us.”
Steve Jobs in 2010. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Pictures
Apple, in the meantime, has been steadily exploring AI for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Earlier this week, Apple released a new software update that brings ChatGPT to its merchandise. Now, iPhone customers can direct inquiries to ChatGPT via Siri and generate photos with ChatGPT to accompany textual content.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner mentioned in an interview with Wired final week that AI ushers in a brand new period for all Apple merchandise.
“I feel it adjustments the way in which you interface with the product,” Cook said.
Cook dinner talked about Jobs as nicely within the interview, stating that Apple’s headquarters at Apple Park reminded him of Jobs.
“There is a connection right here to Steve that’s unbelievable and really deep,” Cook dinner mentioned. “We have now the theater named after him and take into consideration him on a regular basis, however I can really feel him in different areas too.”
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