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This is actually a myth. The engine requires way more fuel to start than it does to maintain running, I think the crossover point is around 8 minutes for most vehicles, so shutting the engine off at a stoplight absolutely does not save the environment. If anything it’s actually worse for the environment by a tiny amount.

It’s nothing to do with emissions, it’s to reduce particulates around pedestrians.

Your reading comprehension needs some work.

Apple need to release Siri AI with this API when the API was released not before

What no nanobots? What sort of product is this.

On the other hand, there’s a reason there are no major companies operating out of the EU.

Yeah who’s ever heard of Audi, niche car company that they are.

There’s also that big particle accelerator who do you think paid for that? Private equity?

Like the US, it’s tech rules made by people who neither understand nor love tech.

So if this were true the US would also be the land where innovation goes to die. Which actually on that point there are plenty of scientists that are leaving the United States because of its almost fearful attitude to intelligence.

The EU is the reason that people use browsers other than Chrome, they’ve also the ones that forced Microsoft to allow browsers other than internet explorer in the first place so they’re also the reason Chrome exists. All good things in their time.

There has been no risk from removing walled gardens. If any person is not comfortable for any reason about using any AI other than the included one then they are of course free not to make any changes. This is about choice and ensuring customers have choice. Meanwhile here is Apple acting as if the concept of an API is a revolutionary idea.

You get the EU is not a single unified entity. It’s not a government, they don’t have any reason to want to spy on their citizens because they don’t have citizens because they’re not a government.

Oh come on. That’s a pathetic attempt at fanboying.

My God that was an incredibly whiny article I’m upset that I have to read that. Here’s the only bit that actually has any substance to it. Emphasis is mine.

Given the serious risks to users, Apple designed a solution called Trusted System Agent — an intermediary that would allow virtual assistants to safely access the same features and capabilities as Siri AI for devices in the EU. Apple also shared a plan to launch Siri AI in the EU while gradually rolling out this new solution over an 18-month period. The European Commission said no. In fact, the European Commission did not agree to any of Apple’s proposals.

So Apple asked if they could just launch anyway and then maybe possibly introduce compliance in a year and a half. Yeah right of course the EU rejected that.

If Apple needs 18 months to introduce a proposed solution then what they can do is they can release the new Siri in 18 months with the proposed solution implemented. I’m sure if they come to the EU with that that will be accepted, which I’m sure the EU told Apple.

I’m constantly being told by Apple fanboys that Apple is the only pro consumer silicon valley company in operation.

There’s one comment in there lamenting the lack of innovation from the EU. You know the continent that contains CERN. Yep ain’t no innovation going on over here, it’s amazing we even got internal plumbing.

But then again Americans aren’t the smartest tools in the shed.

I estimate about 3 months until an inevitable data breach where it turns out they actually keep copies of all of the images because of course they will.

Living up to your username at least.

What sort of nightmarish personal responsibility world are you proposing? I don’t want to have to raise my own damn kids.

It actually shows that the government have no understanding of the technology or the culture because no one’s communicating with potential paedophiles via iMessage does Google even have a messaging app anymore?

He’s just Starmer alright. We have no control over him he just does stuff.

It’s clear they haven’t consulted anyone over this. All they did was told it was impossible and ignored them as per.

That’s a pretty dumb AI because pie has been calculated to millions of decimal places. I’m sure it actually does have that data

I’m trying to workout what you could have thought this was about.

Well if it doesn’t light up how can you tell it’s on?

It’s like how everyone thinks that nuclear reactors glow green.

I do kind of like the fact that it’s in Unicode though. So things like this are actually possible. Sort of weird decision really.

Perhaps a tendency not to give your kids guns would be part of the background check, other countries managing.

Unless the AI is going to give us a cure for cancer or something I’m not really bothered. Seriously the environmental cost is ridiculous I don’t care how open weight they are they still practically need a fusion reactor in order to operate and increase the temperature of the local environment by 12°