Apple stayed off the memo, but its stake in open-model commoditization is huge
willccbb · x · 2026-07-26
The author jokes that Apple did not sign the memo, but says it is more surprising that almost nobody is even debating whether Apple should have signed it.
The argument is that Apple, as the largest tech company, has a strong stake in the commoditization of open models, a point usually discussed only in the context of Nvidia.
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