I think that's exactly what happened. They saw Google and Samsung get into bed on Gemini and panicked, feeling like they couldn't wait another cycle. Then they were under the pressure to launch with iOS 18 because they'd trotted it out at WWDCI think that's exactly what happened. They saw Google and Samsung get into bed on Gemini and panicked, feeling like they couldn't wait another cycle. Then they were under the pressure to launch with iOS 18 because they'd trotted it out at WWDC

they were getting massive blowback from wall street & the business press about letting AI slip by… they shoulda just waited a few more months lol