Apple’s incoming CEO John Ternus, in a recent interview , shared how he and Apple think about approaching AI. And ahead of what’s rumored to be a big AI release with iOS 27 , he said exactly what I was hoping to hear.

John Ternus explains how Apple thinks about AI

In April John Ternus was interviewed alongside Greg Joswiak by Mark Spoonauer at Tom’s Guide .

The interview came just ahead of Apple’s announcement that Ternus will be the company’s next CEO.

Its timing, and the wide-ranging nature of the interview, makes it a great temperature check for how Ternus is thinking about a variety of issues heading into the CEO role.

For example, Ternus talked about Apple Vision Pro , the company’s biggest flops , and more.

He also gave the following explanation for his (and Apple’s) approach to AI:

We never think about shipping a technology.…