全靠“果粉”?蘋果將獲得OpenAI董事會“觀察員”身份,與微軟“平起平坐”
作為上個月官宣的合作協議的一部分,蘋果將獲得OpenAI董事會觀察員的職位,這將進一步加強兩家公司之間的聯繫。
隔夜,蘋果收升1.82%,報220.27美元,總市值超3.37億美元,年初至今累計上升14.71%。

知情人士透露,蘋果應用商店負責人、前營銷主管Phil Schiller被選中,擔任該職位。
知情人士表示,上述安排將於今年晚些時候生效,Phil Schiller尚未出席任何會議,具體的情況仍可能發生變化。
Schiller雖然並不領導蘋果的人工智能計劃,但他作為蘋果品牌管家的資深角色使他非常適合觀察員的工作。
他於2020年辭去蘋果營銷主管一職,目前的頭銜是蘋果研究員。除了監督App Store之外,他還負責管理公司的產品發佈活動。此外,他還是醫療技術公司Illumina Inc.的董事。
此前6月,蘋果宣佈將與OpenAI合作,在iPhone、iPad 和Mac中提供ChatGPT。
短期來看,蘋果與OpenAI之間的合作一開始並不會以財務收益為主,OpenAI希望通過兩者之間的合作,接觸數億潛在用户。
與微軟“平起平坐”
獲得OpenAI董事會觀察員席位,將使蘋果與OpenAI最大的支持者、主要AI技術提供商微軟“平起平坐”,微軟去年也獲得了無投票權的觀察員職位。
作為戰略合作伙伴關係的一部分,微軟已向OpenAI投資了約130億美元。根據交易條款,在償還投資之前,微軟有權獲得OpenAI約一半的利潤。
而從目前來看,蘋果可能還“未花一分錢”,全靠廣大“果粉”對其的忠誠度得來。
觀察員會參加董事會會議,但不能投票或行使其他董事權力,可以洞悉公司是如何做出決策的。
微軟、蘋果均參加董事會會議可能會兩大巨頭帶來麻煩,因為它們幾十年來一直是競爭對手和合作夥伴。

在OpenAI的一些董事會會議,可能會討論OpenAI和微軟之間的人工智能計劃,微軟可能希望將蘋果被排除在外。
一般來説,如果存在敏感問題,董事會觀察員會退出會議。
與此同時,蘋果繼續發力AI。
目前,蘋果在與谷歌和初創公司Anthropic討論向用户提供更多聊天機器人,還在與百度和阿里巴巴控討論將其人工智能功能引入中國設備的潛在協議。
據悉,Apple Intelligence將首先在美國推出,然後再進行國際推廣。
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