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THE SECRET SAUCE OF CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA APPS

In the days leading up to the deadline for TikTok to be banned in the US, users flocked to other Chinese apps such as Xiaohongshu and Lemon8. These apps have many of the same features that made TikTok so appealing: an infinite scroll of hyper-targeted recommendations and interactions with friendly strangers. They blend entertainment and networking with sales to monetize their addictive algorithms. This strategy has been very profitable, making China the global leader in social commerce.

HERE ARE APPLE'S TWO MAIN PRIORITIES FOR AI THIS YEAR, PER LEAKED MEMO

Apple has two main internal priorities for its AI efforts this year: revamp Siri and improve its AI models. Siri is undergoing a big transformation into 'LLM Siri', which will be shipping in the spring of 2026, possibly in iOS 19.4. Apple's AI models have been criticized for regularly including errors, so there is a clear need to improve them. The company has temporarily disabled summaries in iOS 18.3 for select app categories presumably until the backing AI model can be brought up to par.

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