Apple’s decision to appoint Amar Subramanya as its new vice president of AI marks one of the company’s most significant leadership shifts in years. After months of scrutiny over the company’s perceived lag in the AI race, the move is being widely interpreted as a strategic reset. It signals a pivot toward aggressive rebuilding of core AI capabilities, redesigned research pipelines, and accelerated development of foundation models that underpin next-generation consumer experiences. The...

Artificial intelligence systems have rapidly accelerated in capability over the last five years, transforming everything from search and content creation to enterprise workflows and cybersecurity defense. But as AI models grow more intelligent, the global conversation surrounding what data they are allowed to learn from  has become the most critical technological, legal, and ethical flashpoint of the decade. The recent controversy surrounding Google’s alleged use of Gmail data for AI training...

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has been closely tied to cloud computing capabilities, with most powerful AI models running remotely on vast data centers. However, a new paradigm is emerging, exemplified by Google’s latest innovation—the AI Edge Gallery app—which enables AI models to run locally on mobile devices without requiring an internet connection. This groundbreaking development signals a significant shift in how AI can be accessed and utilized, especially in...