From Kevin Roose's "A.I.’s ‘Her’ Era Has Arrived" in Wednesday's New York Times.

"Simply enabling touch on a Mac gets a lot of flakey software that doesn't really work with touch." ...

Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been covering Apple since 1983 — mostly for Time Magazine (28 years), later for Fortune (9 years), ...

From Neil Cybart's "Thoughts on Apple’s Share Buyback Authorization" mailed early Tuesday to Above Avalon ($) subscribers.

"We have long bemoaned the lack of compelling consumer uses for generative AI, and we often add that the industry needs Apple to show everyone else what can be done." ...

"It comes down to who has the best technology out there." ...

"An OpenAI and Apple partnership could have wider-reaching financial ramifications." — Analyst Eric Woodring ...

From "Apple's refresh cycle could gain momentum from AI, says Baker Avenue's King Lip" which aired CNBC.

Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been covering Apple since 1983 — mostly for Time Magazine (28 years), later for Fortune (9 years), ...

From Shubhangi Goel 's "Apple staff could go on strike at the first US store to unionize" ($) posted Monday by Business ...

From "Apple doesn't have to get into the AI sphere by itself" which aired Monday on CNBC.

"Tim Cook was never a product genius. But right now, that's exactly what Apple needs." ...