IDC Senior Research Director Nabila Popal says Apple's Siri AI holds two key advantages over other AI models: its access to personal context and strong focus on privacy and security. She also says Apple has caught up on AI strategy this year and its new features will enhance user experience. (Source: Bloomberg)

Apple Inc. investors have spent nearly two years clamoring for the iPhone maker to make a big splash with artificial intelligence. Their wait may finally be coming to an end this week at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference.

Ed Zitron, CEO at EZ Primary Research, said that the risk of balancing the equity market on record public offerings for AI companies that have never reported profit is a dangerous proposition and that those companies should not be allowed to IPO. Zitron, an AI skeptic, said that many of these companies will not last in the long term. (Source: Bloomberg)