Apple's Covert Machine Learning Strategy Takes a Step Out of the Shadows

For anyone that hasn't been hiding under a rock for the last few years, it's become abundantly clear that the largest IT firms on the planet are moving quickly to build up their capabilities in artificial intelligence. But the largest of them all, Apple Inc., has been the least public about its plans. A revelation about a closed-door meeting in Europe suggests that might change. Given Apple's fondness for secrecy, that's probably not going to reverse overnight. But a recent article in Quartz has revealed some of what's going on under the AI covers in the $500 billion-plus company.