{"id":55269,"date":"2025-06-01T15:39:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T13:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apfelpatient.de\/?p=55269"},"modified":"2025-06-01T15:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T13:39:30","slug":"apple-on-austerity-course-wwdc-2025-without-big-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apfelpatient.de\/en\/rumors\/apple-auf-sparkurs-wwdc-2025-ohne-grosse-ueberraschung","title":{"rendered":"Apple on a cost-cutting course: WWDC 2025 without any big surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Expectations for Apple's developer conference, WWDC 2025, are muted. Especially in the area of artificial intelligence, it looks as if Apple will be unable to keep up with the competition. While companies like Google are going on the offensive with major advances and many new features, Apple, according to recent reports, will be more conservative.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost a year has passed since Apple Intelligence was unveiled at WWDC 2024. Not much has happened since then. Progress has been limited, and enthusiasm in the developer community has waned. WWDC 2025 would have offered the opportunity to change that. But it doesn't look like Apple will seize the opportunity. According to a recent report, this year's keynote will be rather weak in terms of content\u2014especially in the area of AI. This is a risky move for Apple, as the competition continues to pull ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Low expectations for Apple Intelligence<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

According to Bloomberg's "Power On" newsletter<\/a> , which cites sources within Apple, WWDC 2025 is expected to be a rather disappointing event in terms of AI. While Google unveiled a slew of new AI technologies at its I\/O conference<\/a> , Apple's presence seems more restrained in comparison. This could reinforce the impression that Apple can no longer keep up with the latest AI innovations. The size of WWDC 2025 will also be somewhat reduced. Compared to 2023 and 2024, the event will be smaller. Initial indications already suggest that Apple intends to focus on WWDC 2026 and then once again boast innovations. This year's edition therefore appears to be more of an interim step\u2014without any major highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one big innovation: opening up to third-party providers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The most important change Apple is likely to introduce concerns its in-house Foundation Models. These will be made available<\/a> to third-party developers for the first time. This means that developers of external apps will be able to use the same AI functions that Apple uses internally for Apple Intelligence \u2013 for example, to create text or images directly on the device. However, there are limitations. Apple's locally running language models are relatively small. With around three billion parameters, they don't achieve the performance of cloud-based models. For certain tasks, this is sufficient \u2013 especially for simple, fast applications where data protection and speed on the device are paramount. But compared to Google's Gemini or OpenAI's GPT models, Apple's technology lags behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further AI functions are manageable<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In addition to opening up the models, only two further AI functions have been announced so far:<\/p>\n\n\n\n