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This is not for Clawdbot, this is a re-run of the 2019 strategy where Apple promises to manufacture a low volume of high-margin PC enclosures on US soil.

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They mention Mac mini! They have like 3 other desktop lines going, and they mentioned the mini!

Also: "In Houston, workers assemble advanced AI servers, including logic boards produced onsite, which are then used in Apple data centers in the U.S."

Advanced AI servers!

> They mention Mac mini! They have like 3 other desktop lines going, and they mentioned the mini!

Mac Mini is their simplest product. It's the natural place to start training at a new facility.

> Advanced AI servers!

Yes, they have their own AI servers.

Do they now? I assume they use them internally for something like Private Cloud Compute?

> Mac Mini is their simplest product.

How can it be simpler than the Apple TV?

Everyone else (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc) has boring plain AI servers.

Apple invented Advanced AI Servers! So much more advanced!

Just like in the 2000s when the G4 Mac was a "supercomputer".

>With its next-level AI capabilities, it has become an essential tool for everyone from students and aspiring creatives to small business owners.

Seems to me this part of the PR release is a reference to claudbot/openclaw. What else could it be referring to?

Apple has been taking about Apple Silicon's AI capabilities for the past few years, particularly around Apple Intelligence.

Not even a maxed Mini with 64GB of ram is useful for local inference related to OpenClaw, that is not the reason people are getting a Mini for that, they get the base model with 16GB because it’s the cheapest device that can interact with your iCloud data (reminders, iMessage, etc).

How about Apple Intelligence having been in almost every press release from the last year?

If you genuinely can't find out what they are referring to, you've been on HN too long.

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