100% pure conjecture.
Update - 11/06/2026 Only a day after I launched my tirade against Apple Intelligence, the regularly insightful Riccardo Mori articulated much of my viewpoint in a better way: https://morrick.me/archives/10319 —- Got round to watching the Apple WWDC Keynote for this year. I have thoughts. Firstly, the good stuff - mainly I appreciated the opening 15 minutes or so that were aimed at performance and…
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