This Is Epic: Apple Just Opened Two Billion Platforms To AI Rivals / Chatbots -- May 6, 2026

Locator: 50733AAPL. 

And Apple is serious about this: Apple is spending more than 10% of revenue on R&D for the first time in at least 30 years. 

This explains why Apple / AAPL remains something to keep in mind when thinking about investing in the current AI revolution.

This popped up today over at x: link here. I don't think there's anything new here; we've discussed this many times, but this appears to be the first time the general public has seen this.

Query: so what does this mean: Apple remains one of the few companies positioned to capture consumer AI deployment through device-level integration and unmatched distribution?

Reply: 

That's a keeper. This is so incredibly awesome, so brilliant, it cannot be overstated; it cannot be exaggerated. The hard part will be explaining this to the public. Apple probably needs to go an huge advertising campaign to explain what this means. At least a 60-second commercial with a lot of 30-second commercials explaining this as well as the right message. 

So, any articles on this? Yup, link here. 

This is really, really cool. 

Apple just opened its entire platform (iPhone, Mac, MacBook, iPad, etc) to "every" AI / chatbot out there. Think about that. 

Two billion devices ready to accept any chatbot, any AI query. And guess what? Every AI platform / every chatbot will want you to choose their platform; Apple might even charge chatbots to access their system. 

And when I say "ready," I mean ready. Like right now. This is amazing.  Well, not right now but as soon as the next iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 are pushed out.

But there's another goodie. Apple does this "within their system." Apple uses "Edge" technology. That means it stays within your system, not subject to hacking by not going to the cloud. This is about as good as one can get when it comes to security.

And for the investor, Apple hasn't spent billions trying to train its own chatbots / its own AI system. Simply letting the Apple user choose whichever AI chatbot they want to use. I like ChatGPT and Google Gemini; others like Grok; some like Anthropic. Choose what you want.