Apple Car blues, Apple Ask, and Apple Vision Pro Experiences on the AppleInsider Podcast

How the cancellation of the Apple Car is a surprise, but one that will benefit Apple's AI plans — and may already have done so.

The cancellation of the Apple Car project — if that is really what's happened — is not the startling failure it might seem. Maybe we're looking at this through rose-tinted Apple Vision Pro glass, but there are already signs that the project has led to Apple advances in other areas.

It's expected that the cancellation will lead to improved Apple AI — both because of lessons learned in the project and because team members are being redeployed to work on Machine Learning. But as host William Gallagher wonders what real benefits there may come, Wes Hilliard has a specific example of how Apple has already used its Apple Car experience.

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Links from the show - Apple Car

• Decade-old Apple Car project may be completely dead
• Apple AI is the focus of an investing firm after Apple Car's death
• Cancelling the Apple Car is a good move, says Morgan Stanley
• Apple will reap giant rewards from the cancelled Apple Car project for decades

Links from the show - Apple Pencil 3

• An Apple Pencil update is coming soon — what you need to know

Links from the show - Apple Ask

• Internal Apple AI 'Ask' tool being tested by employees
• Apple's 'Ask' project may be far more than just an AI-assisted support tool

Links from the show - Apple Vision Pro

• Apple Vision Pro is unsurprisingly expensive to produce Apple Vision Pro ongoing demand is in line with all Apple launches Apple Vision Pro could launch overseas sooner than expected Five Apple Vision Pro Cinema Environments that we'd like to see Apple Vision Pro return rate is about the same as the iPhone 15 Pro

Links from the show - other topics

• Apple Vision Pro is unsurprisingly expensive to produce
• Apple Vision Pro ongoing demand is in line with all Apple launches
• Apple Vision Pro could launch overseas sooner than expected
• Five Apple Vision Pro Cinema Environments that we'd like to see
• Apple Vision Pro return rate is about the same as the iPhone 15 Pro

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