Apple's Secret AI Lab in Zurich Poised to Enhance iPhone Capabilities, Poach Google Staff
Apple's Secret AI Lab in Zurich Poised to Enhance iPhone Capabilities, Poach Google Staff
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) has aggressively recruited dozens of artificial intelligence experts from Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, establishing a secretive AI laboratory in Zurich, Europe.
蘋果公司（納斯達克股票代碼：AAPL）積極從Alphabet Inc（納斯達克股票代碼：GOOG）（納斯達克股票代碼：GOOG）（納斯達克股票代碼：GOOG）谷歌招募了數十名人工智能專家，在歐洲蘇黎世建立了一個祕密的人工智能實驗室。
This move comes as the company intensifies its efforts to lead in new AI model and product development.
此舉是在該公司加緊努力領導新的人工智能模型和產品開發之際採取的。
Apple, valued at $2.7 trillion, has been expanding its global AI and Machine Learning team by poaching many specialists from Google since hiring John Giannandrea as its top AI executive in 2018.
自2018年聘請約翰·吉安南德里亞擔任其最高人工智能高管以來，蘋果市值爲2.7萬億美元，一直在通過從谷歌挖掘許多專家來擴大其全球人工智能和機器學習團隊。
This includes at least 36 experts who have since joined Apple, the Financial Times reports.
據《金融時報》報道，這包括至少36位此後加入蘋果的專家。
Also Read: Apple Strengthens Supply Chain in China While Growing Presence in Southeast Asia and India
另請閱讀： 蘋果加強了在中國的供應鏈，同時擴大了在東南亞和印度的影響力
In addition to its central AI teams in California and Seattle, Apple has grown its presence in Zurich, Switzerland. This expansion followed the acquisitions of two local AI startups, leading to the creation of the "Vision Lab" in Zurich.
除了在加利福尼亞和西雅圖設立中央人工智能團隊外，Apple 還擴大了在瑞士蘇黎世的影響力。此次擴張是在收購了兩家本地人工智能初創公司之後進行的，最終在蘇黎世創建了 “視覺實驗室”。
The Zurich team has contributed to research on advanced AI models that merge text and visual inputs, which are crucial for products like OpenAI's ChatGPT. Apple has advertised several generative AI positions in Zurich, maintaining a low profile in the area.
蘇黎世團隊爲融合文本和視覺輸入的高級人工智能模型的研究做出了貢獻，這對於OpenAI的ChatGPT等產品至關重要。蘋果已經在蘇黎世公佈了多個生成式人工智能職位，在該地區保持低調。
The company plans to showcase new generative AI features at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, potentially transforming the next iPhone into a more sophisticated voice-activated assistant with an enhanced Siri capable of interacting with all apps via voice control.
該公司計劃在即將舉行的全球開發者大會上展示新的生成人工智能功能，有可能將下一代iPhone轉變爲更復雜的語音激活助手，其增強型Siri能夠通過語音控制與所有應用程序進行交互。
Apple analysts projected a slight increase in revenue for the March quarter and a significant guide-down for the June quarter compared to consensus, followed by a negative market reaction.
蘋果分析師預計，與市場預期相比，3月季度的收入將略有增加，6月季度將大幅下滑，隨後市場將出現負面反應。
The critical event following the earnings will be Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), where analysts anticipate new AI software features will be a significant highlight, with Apple experiencing a relief rally.
業績公佈之後的關鍵事件將是蘋果的全球開發者大會（WWDC），分析師預計，新的人工智能軟件功能將是一個重要的亮點，蘋果將迎來緩解性反彈。
Analysts will be closely watching the March quarter for total revenue, focusing on revenue from China (where he expects iPhone shipments to be down 28% year-over-year) and growth in Services revenue, which he projects at 12.7% year-over-year.
分析師將密切關注3月季度的總收入，重點關注來自中國的收入（他預計iPhone出貨量將同比下降28％）和服務收入的增長，他預計服務收入同比增長12.7％。
Apple stock gained over 2% in the last 12 months. Investors can gain exposure to the stock via Vanguard Information Tech ETF (NYSE:VGT) and SPDR Select Sector Fund – Technology (NYSE:XLK).
蘋果股價在過去12個月中上漲了2％以上。投資者可以通過Vanguard信息技術ETF（紐約證券交易所代碼：VGT）和SPDR精選板塊基金——科技（紐約證券交易所代碼：XLK）獲得股票敞口。
Price Action: AAPL shares trade higher by 0.22% at $173.88 at the last check Tuesday.
價格走勢：在週二的最後一次支票中，AAPL股價上漲0.22％，至173.88美元。
Also Read: Microsoft Set to Unveil Qualcomm-Powered AI PCs, Aiming to Surpass Apple's MacBook Air
另請閱讀： 微軟將推出支持高通的人工智能電腦，目標是超越蘋果的MacBook Air
Disclaimer: This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors.
免責聲明： 該內容部分是在人工智能工具的幫助下製作的，並由Benzinga編輯審閱和發佈。
Photo by Thai Nguyen on Unsplash
照片由泰阮在 Unsplash 上拍攝
譯文內容由第三人軟體翻譯。