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前几天，MacRumors 直接从 macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC 里挖出了苹果制作好的宣传视频：戴着 AirPods 拿起一本书，Visual Intelligence 看见书名，再让 Siri 把它保存下来。视频里的产品代号是 B790。按照 Mark Gurman 的说法，它原本就在苹果 2026 年的产品路线图上，后续量产版本 B798，则要等到 2027 年。         Photo: Chinese Embassy in the PhilippinesChina's embassy in the Philippines on Saturday questioned the arrest of Chinese workers at a steel mill, dismissing Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr.'s accusations as baseless and detailing cramped detentions and alleged photo staging during the raid.
Spokesperson Ji Lingpeng made the remarks when asked to comment on claims by Teodoro, who attacked the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson's remarks as disinformation. Teodoro alleged that Chinese workers at the Sanjia Steel Plant were engaged in illegal activities in the Philippines, and claimed that officials from the Chinese Embassy had actively intervened in local law enforcement processes. 
Ji said that Teodoro's remarks are completely unfounded and distort the facts and turn black into white.
In May this year, Teodoro instructed the Armed Forces of the Philippines to join the raid into the Sanjia Steel Plant and arrest unarmed Chinese workers. "Is Teodoro a national defense chief or a police chief? Why did he have a hand in the law enforcement operation? What is he up to? Is that part of his portfolio? " the spokesperson asked.
"If the plant violated environmental or other laws, why were the workers arrested instead of the people in charge? Why were only the Chinese workers arrested, while all the Filipino workers were released on the spot? Why were the Chinese workers even transported to Manila for detention by a military aircraft?" the spokesperson continued.  
According to the Chinese workers, employees at the plant only wore regular occupational protective workwear while on duty and had never worn personal protective equipment (PPE). On the day of the raid, a group of law enforcement personnel made three Chinese workers put on PPE and pose for photographs on site, and subsequently made a great deal of publicity out of that. They also claimed that only Chinese workers wear PPE in daily operation but Philippine workers don't, according to the embassy. "Isn't this framing and fishing expedition?" Ji said.
The 70 detained Chinese workers were crammed into 5-square-meter cells. With an average of 13 people in such small space, sleep was impossible. The Philippine side also failed to make consular notification to the Chinese side or arrange consular visits in accordance with the bilateral consular agreement. 
"Are these arrangements normal?" said the spokesperson. 
The Chinese Embassy immediately provided the Philippine side with copies of passports and valid work visa or permit of all the Chinese workers. "Why did the Philippine side neither provide any feedback nor release the workers? Why were they kept in detention for up to 32 days? What were they after?" Ji questioned.
Teodoro claimed that there are no documents regarding the status of the Chinese workers when they are arrested and for him "it's a telltale sign of human trafficking." Ji questioned if this meets the legal definition of human trafficking under Philippine law and if all foreign workers employed at factories in the Philippines are required to carry their passports at all times.
Who possesses the legal authority to determine law violations in the Philippines? The Defense Secretary or the judicial authorities? On May 28, the Philippine national prosecution authorities resolved the complaints against the Chinese workers. The resolution said in clear terms that all complaints of violation should be referred for further investigation and all 70 Chinese nationals are ordered to be released unless being detained for any other lawful causes, the spokesperson added. 
"Yet Teodoro continues to accuse them of engaging in illegal activities in the Philippines. Does he respect the rule of law and the decisions of the judiciary?" the spokesperson asked.
We fully respect the Philippines' judicial sovereignty and the lawful handling of cases by its relevant law-enforcement authorities, Ji said. If solid evidence proves a foreign national in violation of Philippine law, he or she shall be brought to justice in accordance with the law. The same is true in China. However, we firmly oppose any discriminatory or selective law enforcement campaigns targeting Chinese nationals by the Philippine side out of political considerations, per the embassy.
Teodoro claimed that the Chinese Embassy officials actively intervened in local law enforcement processes. Anyone with a basic understanding of diplomacy knows that a fundamental responsibility of an embassy is to protect the safety and legitimate rights and interests of its nationals from infringement, the spokesperson said.
"Regardless of the reason a Chinese national is detained, the Chinese Embassy has the right and responsibility to conduct consular visits, provide consular protection, make demarches to relevant Philippine law-enforcement authorities to ensure humane, fair and just treatment of detained Chinese nationals," Ji said.
Teodoro has recently spared no effort to stage anti-China activities. His real purpose is to destabilize and sabotage China-Philippines relations, pushing the Philippines to the forefront of confrontation with China, and create continued tensions and conflicts, all to serve his own ulterior political agenda. If his scheme succeeds, it is the fundamental interests of the two countries and their peoples that will suffer, Ji warned.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced in June, prohibiting Teodoro and his spouse and child from entering the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, and not allowing organizations and individuals in China to engage in any transaction, cooperation or other activities with him and his spouse and child.
The sanctions were made after Teodoro repeatedly made irresponsible remarks on China, which undermines China's legitimate interests and sabotages China-Philippines relations.
Global Times
。而最新挖出的系统代码，也第一次让我们看清了这副耳机究竟怎么「看」。其中最有意思的，是一个看起来有些寒酸的参数：AirPods 上的摄像头，只有 100 万像素。

图 | WIRED在手机已经讨论 2 亿像素、8K 视频的今天，苹果给未来 AI 硬件准备的摄像头，实际采集画面甚至可能只有 320×320。

B | 它显然不是用来拍照的。AirPods 上的摄像头，为什么只有 100 万像素？从目前挖出的代码看，这套摄像头至少存在两种工作状态。主动模式下，摄像头可以采集 640×640 图像，经过处理后最高输出 1024×1024；被动模式则采集 320×320，输出 320×320 或 512×512 图像。代码显示，左右两只 AirPods 可以同步获取 RGB 静态图像，通过相同的 Frame ID 对齐两个视角，再按照一定频率持续采集，交给 Visual Intelligence 处理。系统会同时处理环境语音、周围声音变化、姿态和头部旋转信息；两颗摄像头之间需要标定，摄像头与运动传感器之间也需要校准。如果头部运动过于剧烈，或者镜头被遮挡，对应画面会被直接舍弃。AccessorySensorManager 中甚至出现了「peripheral inference」相关代码，可以在设备侧判断画面中是否存在人物。这些，都是喂给 AI 的绝佳数据。对于 AI 来说，很多时候根本不需要 4800 万像素的照片。

C | 模型只需要知道，桌上放着一本书，前面是家餐厅，手里拿着瓶饮料，路牌上写着什么。320×320 像素已经够用了。分辨率降下来，数据量随之减少，图像处理和传输的负担也会下降。对于电池只有耳机大小、又需要长时间佩戴的设备来说，功耗和续航是比清晰度更需要考虑的问题。

图 | iFIXIT过去二十年，消费电子里的摄像头主要服务于人。像素、传感器尺寸、动态范围、色彩，最终都指向同件事：得到好看的照片。

D | 但 AI 摄像头首先服务于机器。

E | 照片甚至不需要留下来。

F | 机器看懂，就可以删掉。苹果并不是第一个沿着这条路做产品的公司。

G | 今年上市的光帆 AI 全感耳机就是很直接的参照。

H | 它同样把摄像头塞进左右两只耳机，采用两颗 200 万像素定焦摄像头，核心用途并非摄影，而是场景 AI 识别。现实世界先被摄像头转化成视觉数据，再交给模型理解。光帆甚至把 4G eSIM 和 GPS 放进耳机盒，让设备减少对手机的依赖。200 万还是 100 万像素，在这里没有那么重要。工程问题已经变成：能不能看清，处理要多久，需要传多少数据，又要消耗多少电。更早的 Humane AI Pin 也尝试过类似思路，用摄像头给 AI 补上视觉。

I | 但 Humane 需要说服人们为了 AI，在胸前额外佩戴新设备。苹果没有这个问题。很多人本来就每天戴着 AirPods。它不需要重新发明 AI 硬件，只需要让已经存在的硬件，长出新的感官。AI 时代的 AirPods 不是耳机，而是传感器事实上，两只 AirPods 耳机，已经组成了一套传感器组合：摄像头观察眼前有什么，陀螺仪记录头部朝向，麦克风收集周围声音，位置和运动传感器补充人在哪里、正在做什么。

J | 比如走进书店，拿起一本书，然后问 Siri：「这本值得买吗？」单独把这句话交给今天的大模型，它其实什么也不知道。「这本」是哪一本？但如果 AirPods 刚刚看到了封面，知道头部正在朝向这本书，同时 iPhone 知道你身处书店，那么 Siri 才真正理解「这本」究竟指什么。

K | 如果系统还知道你过去读过同个作者的两本书，其中一本看完了，另一本只读了三分之一，它甚至可以给出只对你有意义的答案。这里发生的变化很微妙。今天我们和 AI 交流时，一直在不停地向它解释自己。

L | 我是谁，我在哪里，我刚刚看到了什么，我手里拿着什么，为什么突然问这个问题。

M | 很多 Prompt，本质上都在人工补充机器缺失的上下文。摄像头、麦克风和位置、运动状态传感器所做的，就是逐渐把这些解释省掉。大模型已经知道很多关于世界的事情，却依然知道很少关于「你」的事情。随身 AI 也不应该每次被唤醒时，都像第一次见到你。摄像头 AirPods 补上的，恰好就是一种「属于个人的上下文」。

N |

图 | Apple Insider手机拍照是非常明确的动作：拿起手机，打开相机，对准目标。但耳机不同。

o | 它一直戴在人的头上，因此与周围环境的交互就显得尤为重要。这次被挖出来的系统代码里，还有个很小的细节：每只 AirPod 似乎都能够控制硬件指示灯，包括开关和亮度。如果这对应摄像头的工作状态，那么当 AirPods 获取环境图像时，周围的人可能会通过灯光得到提醒——这倒是很符合苹果一贯的隐私保护策略。如果摄像头只是偶尔拍张照片，亮灯或许已经足够；但如果它需要以较低频率持续理解环境，问题就复杂了。

p | 因为 AI 需要的并不是某张照片，而是上下文，因此也需要持续打开各项感官，这时候恰当的提醒就非常重要。从这个角度上看，AirPods 的定位也发生了微妙的变化——不再是单纯的耳机，而是一种新的 AI 硬件形态。

q | 如果诸如此类的变化，不止于 AirPods，而是来到更多苹果产品上呢？我想这才是苹果在 AI 时代，最重要的战略。而其中最重要的时间节点，就是 2027 年。2027 年，也许正是苹果 AI 元年2027 年，对苹果而言本来就是特殊的年份——iPhone 发布二十周年。按照目前的爆料，苹果正在准备大幅改变设计的二十周年 iPhone，而摄像头 AirPods，也可能在同一时期登场。

r | 与此同时，苹果还有几条 AI 硬件产品线正在推进。除了摄像头 AirPods，还有智能眼镜，以及可以夹在衣服上、或者作为项链佩戴的 AI 挂饰。

s | 此前曝光的产品规划中，也出现过配备摄像头的 Apple Watch，让手表获得观察周围环境的能力。单独看，它们没有太多关系。

t | 耳机是耳机，眼镜是眼镜，手表是手表。

u | 但如果暂时把「产品」拿掉，只看它们身上的传感器，会看到另一幅图景。

v | 上下文网络的很多节点，今天已经在我们身上了。

w | 手腕上的 Apple Watch 知道昨晚几点睡着、今天走了多少路；口袋里的 iPhone 知道几点离开公司、去了哪家餐厅；Mac 知道下午打开了哪些文档；AirPods 则几乎一直贴着耳朵。苹果现在准备做的，是给这些设备继续增加感知能力。过去，这些信息分散在不同设备和 App 里。

x | 心率属于「健康」，照片属于「相册」，位置属于「地图」……AI 出现以后，它们第一次可以成为同样的东西：上下文。

y | 于是，AirPods 知道听到了什么，也可能知道正在面对什么；Apple Watch 知道身体正在发生什么；iPhone 知道在哪里、正在和谁沟通；Mac 知道正在处理什么工作。如果智能眼镜最终出现，它还会获得直接的第一人称视角。

z | 任何设备单独拿出来，都不足以真正理解人，但它们分别掌握着人的不同切面，一经协同，就拥有了对一个人的全景式了解。

| 这也是苹果和许多 AI 硬件创业公司之间很难复制的差别。过去几年，行业一直在寻找所谓「AI 时代的 iPhone」——有人做 Pin，有人做项链，有人做眼镜，也有人试图重新发明手机。在苹果看来，未必需要找到唯一答案。因为手机、手表、耳机、电脑、平板、头显和家庭设备，它都已经有了。接下来要做的，是让这些设备拥有丰富的感知能力，再把不同设备获得的信息组织起来。最终形成的东西，可能比某款 AI 硬件本身重要得多：关于人的「个人上下文」。想象一个很普通的下午：Apple Watch 知道你昨晚只睡了五个小时，下午又跑了五公里；iPhone 知道十分钟后还有场会议；AirPods 的摄像头看到你站在便利店里，拿起一瓶能量饮料。然后你问：「这个适合我吗？」今天使用 AI，你可能还要先解释自己的睡眠、运动、接下来的安排，以及手里拿着什么。如果这些信息已经成为上下文，你只需要提问即可。这种能力不来自某颗摄像头，也不来自某款设备，而是围绕个人信息打造的 AI 硬件生态。

| 大模型当然还会继续进步，但模型正在变成可以替换的能力，今天使用这个，明天可以换另一个。真正无法快速复制的，是一个人的上下文。过去五年去了哪里，读过什么，身体发生过什么变化，喜欢什么样的餐厅，什么时间容易疲惫。这些东西无法通过下载大模型重新获得。它只能一天一天积累。这也让苹果过去几年反复强调的端侧计算、Secure Enclave 和 Private Cloud Compute，有了另一层意义。真正了解你的 AI，需要处理的信息可能比今天的照片、聊天记录和浏览历史还要私人。

| 它不仅知道你说过什么，还可能知道在哪里说、当时看着什么、身体是什么状态，以及最后做出了什么选择。所以模型能力之外，还有个问题会逐渐变得重要：谁拥有这些上下文？苹果最理想的答案当然是，让它尽可能留在用户自己手里——或者说，留在苹果的设备，以及苹果构建的私有计算体系里。如果这条路线成立，苹果最终建立的就不只是 AI 设备，而是跨越手机、耳机、手表、眼镜和电脑的感知网络。硬件会换，模型也会换。但如果 AI 已经认识你十年，事情就不一样了。到那时，人的重要数字资产，可能不再只是照片、文件和聊天记录，还包括只有自己的 AI 硬件生态才能完整拥有的个人上下文——源自一颗颗摄像头、一枚枚麦克风、一个个传感器——它们不再是为了记住这个世界而存在，而是为了记住你。作者｜肖钦鹏