Tim Cook promises AI breakthroughs in Apple shareholder meeting — as AI ethics report shot down

Tim Cook on stage.

The AI train is going full steam ahead by the looks of things, and there seems to be nothing that can stop its wheels from rolling over concerns from AI detractors and doubters. In Apple’s annual shareholders meeting, not only did Tim Cook talk up the firm's AI research, but shareholders summarily killed off a proposal to investigate AI ethics and write up a report.

While we have some time to wait until Apple shows us what its next big AI product is going to look like, Cook seems excited to share with the world that it’s going to put the concerns of worried shareholders to rest. Unless they were one of those who proposed the ethics report — then they might not be quite as chuffed.