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The shine is wearing off the hype. Apple’s Siri reboot quietly slips to 2026, despite bold WWDC promises last year. Meta unveils a physics-trained AI model with real-world robot utility. And Hollywood’s lawsuit against Midjourney is the loudest copyright war yet in generative media.

In today’s Generative AI Newsletter:

• Apple delays AI Siri to 2026, citing quality over demos

• Hollywood sues Midjourney for mass IP theft

• Meta’s V-JEPA 2 gives AI a real-world physics engine

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🍎 Apple Slows Down Siri’s AI Overhaul, Says It Wasn’t Just “Demoware”

Apple execs are defending the absence of its much-hyped AI-powered Siri from WWDC 2025, claiming the feature was just not ready to ship. Siri’s next-gen upgrade, first teased in 2024, has now been delayed to 2026 after internal tests.

Why the delay?

• Apple previewed a “personal context” Siri at WWDC 24 was meant to deeply integrate with user habits, messages, and app workflows.

• The demo, according to Apple, featured real working software, not scripted mockups, but was later scrapped due to a high error rate and inconsistent performance.

• Apple opted to rebuild Siri using a second-generation AI architecture, which is still under development and not expected to launch before 2026.

• At WWDC 25, Apple instead focused on smaller AI features like Live Translation and ChatGPT image generation via Image Playground, while avoiding chatbot-style experiences.

Execs like Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak insist the delay is intentional, favoring quality over hype. “There’s no need to rush out with the wrong product.” Users might reward deep OS-level integration more than flashy features. But by the time Siri 2.0 lands, the AI landscape may have already moved on.

⚛️ Meta's V-JEPA 2 Teaches AI the Laws of Physics

Meta has unveiled V-JEPA 2, a next-gen world model that helps AI learn how the physical world works, giving robots the ability to predict motion, interact with unknown objects, and plan tasks in environments they've never seen before.

How does it work:

• Trained on 1M+ hours of video, the 1.2B parameter model learns by watching how objects behave, move, and respond to actions.

• Achieves 65–80% success on pick-and-place tasks with unfamiliar objects using only visual goals no hardcoded instructions.

• Runs 30x faster than Nvidia’s Cosmos model while hitting state-of-the-art scores on video-based reasoning benchmarks.

• Meta released three new benchmarks showing a stark gap: humans score 85–95% on physical reasoning tasks, but AI models still fall short.

Most AI still lives in a text-based bubble. V-JEPA 2 brings machines a step closer to real-world common sense, a crucial breakthrough for building AI agents that can actually function outside the lab, from warehouses to kitchens.

🎬 Hollywood Declares War on AI Over Copyright

Disney, Universal, Marvel, and more have filed a blockbuster lawsuit against AI art startup Midjourney, accusing it of mass copyright infringement for enabling users to create unlicensed versions of iconic characters.

Details:

• Lawsuit includes heavyweights like Disney, Lucasfilm, and Universal, making it the first major legal strike from Hollywood against AI.

• Studios allege Midjourney trained on copyrighted IP and flooded the internet with derivative works of characters like Yoda, Shrek, and Spider-Man.

• The filing includes side-by-side comparisons of AI-generated images and the originals to show the scale of the issue.

• A Disney lawyer stated: “Piracy is piracy,” even while affirming the company’s interest in responsible AI.

Hollywood’s problem isn’t just that Midjourney can mimic Shrek or Spider-Man, it’s that every kid with a prompt can now remix billion-dollar IP in seconds, outside any studio’s control. This lawsuit is about protecting the core business model of the entertainment industry.

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