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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by pjmlp on Friday September 18, 2026 @11:42PM (#49763108)
You mean proprietary AI can do that, running on big corp servers.
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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by thepasch on Saturday September 19, 2026 @05:48AM (#49764974)
What proprietary AI running on big corp servers was 6 months ago is now runnable on owned bare metal compute, and there's no reason to believe this trajectory won't continue for the foreseeable future.
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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by pjmlp on Saturday September 19, 2026 @10:46AM (#49766984)
With a proprietary local stack, provided one can actually afford the hardware.
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