Apple CEO touts AI but remains vague about features / AI blamed for 800 U.S. job cuts in April / Microsoft plans $2.2B AI investment in Malaysia [EN]

Apple's CEO Tim Cook highlighted significant AI investments and teased future generative AI features, while Microsoft announced a $2.2B investment to enhance cloud and AI infrastructure in Malaysia and banned U.S. police from using Azure OpenAI for facial recognition, amidst a backdrop of AI-driven job cuts and major AI-related acquisitions by Nvidia, IBM, and Permira.