Apple Updates Mini and Studio, AI Computers, OpenAI Jalapeño
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Apple pushing AI-first Macs while OpenAI explores its own hardware is a clear tell — inference is moving closer to the user, and pressure on centralized GPU spend is real. CIOs should plan for a mixed world where some AI workloads run on user devices and others stay in the cloud, with policy and telemetry catching up to that split.
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