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Macs Gain Traction Among AI Developers as Nvidia Eyes Apple as Local AI Rival

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OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Macs for reinforcement learning, while Anthropic rents them. Nvidia reportedly sees Apple as its main local AI competitor as Macs gain popularity with AI developers.

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  1. 2026-08-30 16:20 · Techmeme
    Sources: OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Macs for RL, Anthropic rents them, Nvidia sees Apple as its main local AI rival as Macs gain traction with AI devs (Aaron Tilley/The Information)

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