苹果前CEO发声：OpenAI成苹果AI时代劲敌

Core Insights - John Sculley, former CEO of Apple, stated that OpenAI has become Apple's first real competitor in decades, emphasizing that artificial intelligence is not a particularly strong area for Apple [1][3] Group 1: Apple's Position in AI - Apple's performance in the AI race is lagging compared to competitors like OpenAI, Google, Amazon, and Meta, which are continuously updating their products [3] - Apple's plans to upgrade its AI assistant Siri faced delays earlier this year, marking a significant setback in product launches [3] Group 2: Future Leadership and Business Model Shift - Speculation surrounds the potential retirement of current CEO Tim Cook, with Sculley suggesting that whoever succeeds him must lead Apple from an application-centric era to an agent-centric era [3] - In the agent-centric era, intelligent agents will replace many applications and autonomously complete complex tasks, posing a significant challenge to Apple's existing business model [3] - Sculley believes that AI-driven intelligent agents will help knowledge workers automate cumbersome workflows, prompting more tech companies to shift towards subscription-based business models, which he views as more advantageous than the current application-centered model [3] Group 3: Collaboration with OpenAI - Notably, former Apple design chief Jony Ive recently appeared at OpenAI, where the company acquired his device startup for over $6 billion earlier this year [4] - Ive aims to develop devices that address issues arising from smartphones and tablets since their inception, and Sculley recognizes his capabilities, suggesting that his collaboration with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman could lead to breakthroughs in the field of large language models [4]