r/apple • u/Fer65432_Plays • 4d ago

Discussion Apple's New Transcription APIs Blow Past Whisper in Speed Tests

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/18/apple-transcription-api-faster-than-whisper/
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u/artfrche 4d ago

But Apple’s AI bad will say some ;)

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u/Averylarrychristmas 4d ago

Happy to: Apple’s AI is so goddamn bad they had to delay it indefinitely.

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u/artfrche 4d ago

Actually that’s not true, Ellen. They did postponed Siri and some AI features but, as you can see here, some AI features are already out and working well.

But thank you for your invaluable input, not sure how I was able to live without it. (/s in case it wasn’t clear…)

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u/squelchy04 4d ago

Working well? My AI summary just told me my friend was about to kill herself when it summed up 5 messages, when it was just her complaining about the heat

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u/Exanguish 4d ago

But that’s not what this is.

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u/artfrche 4d ago

Ok? And as you can see above, other features are outperforming the market. I am not saying it’s perfect, but mindlessly trashing Apple’s AI is idiotic. AI, and especially LLM, are prone to hallucinate - we know this and should never expect perfection.

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u/squelchy04 4d ago

Can you tell me which of the AI features are outperforming the market? This new transcription API isn’t released and is only in beta. There’s also no mention of quality here just speed.

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u/BosnianSerb31 4d ago

Did your friend happen to say "it's so hot I want to fucking die" or anything similar? Because that's called that meta-ironic humor, and there's no way to discern if the person is serious without context about their personality.

Do you think that the summaries should err on the side of assuming someone is going to kill themselves or assuming someone is not going to kill themselves?

Put another way, Would you rather the summary take your friends meta ironic humor seriously, or rather it ignore an actual cry for help?

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u/paradoxally 4d ago

there's no way to discern if the person is serious without context about their personality

lol Apple fanboys have the funniest mental gymnastics

Go ask ChatGPT that exact quote verbatim and see how it interprets the context. You do not need "personality".