Seems like Apple is really hitching themselves to this with a name like that. If it’s a flop, it’ll be like Apple Maps jokes all over again but 10x worse.
I don’t recall that joke, and honestly prefer Apple Maps today over Google/Waze. Was the joke about how much Apple Maps sucked when it first rolled out? It really did suck back then.
Actually kind of make sense. Apple has previously used some product names that are tangentially “military” themed — AirPort Extreme and AirPower (RIP) comes to mind. So to play on military intelligence, naming it Apple Intelligence (or lighter weight variant of “AirIntelligence”) would fit the theme.
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Also BootCamp, Radar (former bug tracker name), and AirDrop. If you really stretch it, Launchpad, Gatekeeper, and Secure Enclave also has similar vibes.