> current Apple employees here, maybe they can weigh in.

Unless things have changed in the last 15 years, my understanding was that they actually are barred from doing just that

Anonymous sources that he trusts enough to be Apple employees, which isn't what OP is referring about, rather them saying something here.

Naturally then you need the proof any random nickname is actually who they say they are.

> Naturally then you need the proof any random nickname is actually who they say they are.

I don't need proof. I know that Apple employees visit HN and sometimes comment. In any case, this is not a high-stakes product leak: I'm just asking for their personal impressions of this company-wide meeting that has already been reported.

From the reports from Bloomberg etc, yes, it does sound like some Apple AI employees may need rallying.

Though it sounds like what they actually got was fairly in-substantive statements without a clearly articulated AI strategy.

Doesn't mean that Apple doesn't have a promising AI strategy though, if so, it wasn't communicated in this Pep Talk: so what was the point?

Perhaps to look like they are doing something? Are empty words better than no words at all?