We Melted iPhones for Science - Apple Just Spent $10B Proving We Were Right
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- iPhone 17 Pro features meticulous power and temperature management for performance and comfort.
- OASIS developed real-time AI video generation for smartphones in 2021, ahead of competitors like ChatGPT and Midjourney.
- The app could generate multiple HD AI video streams at 60fps with minimal latency, running on Apple Neural Engine.
- OASIS faced issues with iPhones overheating and cameras failing due to sustained AI inference, revealing a flaw in Apple's Vision framework.
- Apple's initial response was dismissive, but an off-the-books meeting with an Apple engineer acknowledged an iOS bug.
- The core issue was Apple's Vision framework running on the GPU, causing overheating, while OASIS's AI ran efficiently on the Neural Engine.
- OASIS encountered multiple bugs with CoreML and Apple Neural Engine, making their product unstable and unfundable.
- Apple's iPhone 17 Pro and A19 Pro chip introduce vapor chamber cooling and integrated neural accelerators, addressing the overheating issues.
- Apple is moving away from CoreML to MLX and Metal, signaling a shift in their AI strategy.
- The story highlights the challenges of pioneering technology on existing hardware and the eventual recognition of the issues by Apple.