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Apple Car Project May Not Have Been Waste of Time and Effort As It Paves Road to Neural Engine AI
13 Jul 2026 | Abstracted from Tom's Guide
Apple's decade-long, $10 billion Apple Car project may have failed as a vehicle, but it helped launch the AI hardware now powering Apple Intelligence. Developing autonomous driving accelerated creation of the Neural Engine, on-device AI processing, and advanced Apple Silicon. Those technologies now underpin Apple's privacy-focused AI strategy and next-generation M7 chips.
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