Oh, Joy. Apple *Finally* Notices Businesses Exist

Right, so after approximately forever of ignoring anyone who isn’t drooling over a new iPhone color, Apple’s decided to throw some scraps to the enterprise crowd. Apparently, they’ve realized people actually use computers for work and might want…wait for it…AI. Groundbreaking.

They’re letting companies configure ChatGPT – yes, *ChatGPT*, not anything particularly innovative from Cupertino itself – with more control over data privacy and security. Big whoop. You can now tell it what data to use (or not use) when answering questions. Like, duh. This is basic stuff, people. They’re also adding some management tools so IT departments don’t completely lose their minds when employees start asking Siri to write their quarterly reports.

And of course, it all ties into Apple’s ecosystem – because everything has to be locked down in the walled garden, naturally. Expect a lot of hand-waving about “security” and “privacy” while simultaneously making you dependent on yet another Apple service. They’re even trying to sell this as a way to *reduce* costs by automating tasks. As if anyone trusts ChatGPT enough for mission critical stuff.

Basically, they’re playing catch-up. And doing it badly. It’s all very late and feels incredibly…reactive. Don’t expect any miracles; this is just Apple trying not to be completely irrelevant in the AI space. Honestly, I’ve seen more impressive things done with a Raspberry Pi and a broken toaster.

Source: TechCrunch

Related Anecdote (Because You People Need Context)

I once had to debug a network issue caused by someone trying to use an AppleScript to automate…wait for it…sending faxes. Faxes! In 2018! The script was so convoluted and fragile, it took down half the office network. This whole AI thing feels like that all over again: overly complicated, needlessly restrictive, and destined to fail spectacularly.

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