The PC market has its ups and downs, just like any other, but the first quarter of 2023 was a particularly bad one. But at least one market tracker sees a better future, if only slightly.MacBook Pro and Mac ProMorgan Stanley Research put together a report regarding the first quarter of 2023 for the PC market, based on data from International Data Corporation. According to IDC's PC market tracker, PC shipments in the first quarter of 2023 totaled just over 55 million units, which is a 29% drop when compared to the first quarter of 2022. Read more...

The PC market has its ups and downs, just like any other, but the first quarter of 2023 was a particularly bad one. But at least one market tracker sees a better future, if only slightly.MacBook Pro and Mac ProMorgan Stanley Research put together a report regarding the first quarter of 2023 for the PC market, based on data from International Data Corporation. According to IDC's PC market tracker, PC shipments in the first quarter of 2023 totaled just over 55 million units, which is a 29% drop when compared to the first quarter of 2022. Read more...

The PC market has its ups and downs, just like any other, but the first quarter of 2023 was a particularly bad one. But at least one market tracker sees a better future, if only slightly.MacBook Pro and Mac ProMorgan Stanley Research put together a report regarding the first quarter of 2023 for the PC market, based on data from International Data Corporation. According to IDC's PC market tracker, PC shipments in the first quarter of 2023 totaled just over 55 million units, which is a 29% drop when compared to the first quarter of 2022. Read more...

It surfaced yesterday that Apple has banned the use of AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, however, that doesn’t mean the company isn’t working diligently on its own generative AI plans. In the first three weeks of May alone, Apple has added 28 new AI-focused jobs as it looks for senior engineers, research scientists, special project managers, and more. Looking at the big picture, the company says it expects generative AI to “transform Apple’s mobile computing platforms.” more… The post Apple posts 28 new AI positions in May, says generative AI will ‘transform’ iPhone appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Apple has restricted employee use of ChatGPT and other external artificial intelligence utilities amid the development of its own similar technology, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to a document seen by The Wall Street Journal and individuals who claim to be familiar with the matter, Apple is concerned that AI tools could leak the company's confidential data. In addition to ChatGPT, Apple has barred staff from using GitHub's Copilot, a tool that helps write code with autocompletion. Many businesses, such as banks, financial services, and healthcare institutions, have avoided adopting ChatGPT out of fear that their employees could inadvertently give the chatbot sensitive proprietary information. Samsung banned employee use of generative AI utilities like ChatGPT after discovering that staff…

ChatGPT launched on iOS this week. | Image: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Apple has restricted employees from using AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT over fears confidential information entered into these systems will be leaked or collected. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Apple employees have also been warned against using GitHub’s AI programming assistant Copilot. Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman tweeted that ChatGPT had been on Apple’s list of restricted software “for months.” Apple has good reason to be wary. By default, OpenAI stores all interactions between users and ChatGPT. These conversations are collected to train OpenAI’s systems and can be inspected by moderators for breaking the company’s terms and services. In April, OpenAI launched a feature…