Apple is trying to fight Google's artificial intelligence with one hand tied behind its back

On Monday, Apple exec Craig Federighi quickly mentioned how Apple is going to try and catch up to Google's smart Photo app: "on-device intelligence." Similarly, Microsoft offers developers a cloud service that will automatically caption photos. "It's disappointing to see that Apple is not offering developers and customers the option to tap into the power of applying machine learning to data hosted in cloud services. Apple has increased the privacy and encryption capabilities in their operating systems, but at the expense of not taking advantage of powerful machine learning capabilities," he adds.