Apple engineers are engaged on making private robots, a report stated on Wednesday, simply weeks after the iPhone-maker deserted its efforts to develop an electrical automobile.
The tech titan has folks engaged on a robotic that will comply with folks round at residence and be useful, based on Bloomberg that cited unnamed folks aware of the scenario.
The venture was in a nascent stage and it was unclear whether or not it might result in a product offered by Apple, the report indicated.
Apple didn’t reply to a request for remark.
The California-based firm has been on the lookout for new methods to make cash past its iPhones and the digital content material and providers it sells to customers.
Apple just lately deserted its ambitions to provide an electrical automobile, based on US media experiences, ending a struggling decade-long venture.
It has by no means publicly disclosed its EV plans, regardless of a gentle drip of media leaks through the years.
Apple is reported to have transferred workers from the shuttered automobile division to generative synthetic intelligence tasks.
The robotic venture is being overseen by Apple’s {hardware} engineering division and its AI and machine studying group, Bloomberg reported.
The report got here as analysts are eager to listen to what progress Apple is making with AI on the firm’s annual WWDC builders gathering at its Silicon Valley campus in June.
Around the globe, main tech firms together with Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon are quickly pursuing the event and deployment of AI merchandise.
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