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Apple Faces $1 Billion Annual Loss In Sparring Streaming Arena

Apple TV+, despite its vibrant collection of popular originals like “Severance,” “Ted Lasso,” and “The Morning Show,” is reportedly facing a financial crunch, losing over $1 billion annually. These losses mark it as the lone unprofitable venture in Apple’s otherwise booming portfolio.

Originally launching in 2019, Apple TV+ has seen significant investment, with content expenses hovering near $5 billion annually, though recent years have seen a slight reduction to $4.5 billion. Despite amassing more than 2,500 awards globally, the platform struggles behind giants like Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video in terms of subscribers.

While Apple remains reticent on subscriber data, estimates suggest a base of around 45 million, far below Netflix’s dominant 301 million subscribers. This scenario underscores a competitive streaming landscape and raises important queries regarding future strategies for Apple TV+.

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Mirendil Signs $100 Million Google Cloud Deal To Advance Self-Improving AI

AI startup Mirendil has signed a multi-year agreement worth more than $100 million with Google Cloud to secure computing infrastructure for its self-improving AI research.

The partnership reflects growing competition among AI companies to lock in access to high-performance computing, while cloud providers race to attract promising startups developing next-generation AI models.

Backing The Next Stage Of AI Research

Mirendil plans to use Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), Nvidia GPUs and managed training infrastructure to develop AI systems capable of improving their own performance over time.

Known as recursive self-improvement, the concept focuses on building AI that can refine its knowledge and capabilities with minimal human intervention. The technology is attracting growing interest across the industry, with several startups and leading AI labs exploring similar approaches.

According to co-founder and Chief Executive Behnam Neyshabur, the long-term goal is to develop AI that can automate scientific research and accelerate discoveries in fields such as medicine, biology and materials science.

Compute Capacity Becomes A Strategic Asset

Training increasingly advanced AI models requires enormous computing resources, making long-term infrastructure agreements a critical competitive advantage.

Mirendil said Google’s combination of TPUs and GPUs allows workloads to be matched with the most suitable hardware, improving efficiency while reducing costs for customers.

For Google Cloud, the agreement strengthens its position in the race to provide infrastructure for frontier AI developers, while giving the company exposure to one of the industry’s emerging approaches to next-generation artificial intelligence.

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