Where did you see this? Again, last rumors I saw indicated there were considering cloud-based solutions, as well as hybrid and on-device.

You seem to have a very selective habit when you read on what your read. I state "up till now" and "until recently", read more carefully next time.
Also on every announcement they made for Siri, AI on device on their presentations etc.

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Where are you getting your numbers from?

You can obviously google for past interviews/news, similar to any other company investment, but in the first 5 seconds I found this
https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-cook-apples-ai-research-spend-generative-2023-8

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But you don't see them making sanctimonious proclamations about what others should do

You are joking , yes? MS, Google , Meta, Samsung, Intel etc did not made any statements on especially Apple?
are you living under a stone or something?

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> Apple hates regulation.

All big companies will try to avoid regulations if they can benefit from it, again since you seem to be blind for others, Google, Amazon, MS, Meta, VW , the list goes on. They will only bring up regulation when it is towards their interest.

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See their ongoing fight with the EU et al.

I am going to need a coupe of hours to expand on that, but again same as every other company.see above, especially when they invested money on it

And they're happy to ignore the work of standards bodies whenever they please. If Apple wants regulation, they really want Apple-defined regulation.

And again, EVERY company will try to avoid the rules or regulations if the can benefit from it and will only revert to those when it suits them best. Apple, Google, MS, Meta, VW, the list goes on