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Microsoft and OpenAI ammend their arrangement leaving out AGI, rumors of an OpenAI phone, NSA using Anthropic despite it being a “supply chain risk,” Apple’s 12-month App Store subscription commitment is a bad idea, and Jason’s app update!
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Links from the show
Knight on Polar Bear Shirt | Stephen Robles
‎Chess Peace App - App Store
‎My Links App - App Store
5 Hopes on John Ternus - inc.com
Jason's MacBook Neo Article
List of iPod models | Apple Wiki | Fandom
iPod shuffle (3rd generation) | Apple Wiki
Apple iPod Nano 3rd Generation
The next phase of the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership - The Official Microsoft Blog
Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead | The Verge
OpenAI could be making a phone with AI agents replacing apps | TechCrunch
HTC First review: a Facebook phone that’s pure Google at heart | The Verge
Amazon Fire Phone: Why It Failed to Take Off
Dell Venue Pro Windows Phone
Smartphone Round Robin: Final Thoughts on Windows Mobile and the ATT Tilt | CrackBerry
Trump demands ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel | The Verge
The FCC is going after the broadcast licenses of Disney-owned ABC stations | The Verge
NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist
Trump officials draft plan to bring Anthropic back amid Pentagon fight
Google Lets Pentagon Use Its AI - wsj.com
Google employees ask Sundar Pichai to say no to classified military AI use | The Verge
Apple Introduces App Store Monthly Subscriptions With 12-Month Commitment - MacRumors
Elon Musk takes the stand in high-profile trial against OpenAI | The Verge
YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature that shows guided answers | TechCrunch
Meta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from space | TechCrunch
Stephen Robles ChatGPT Images vs Gemini - Mastodon

(00:00) - Intro

(08:21) - Jobs and Ternus Comparison

(18:09) - Microsoft X OpenAI Situationship

(27:53) - OpenAI Making a Phone

(34:20) - Brendan Carr is a Dummy

(40:48) - Pentagon Using Claude Again

(45:05) - Google Giving Pentagon Access

(46:42) - App Store 12-Month Plan

(49:46) - Elon Musk vs Sam Altman

(51:04) - Lightning Round (Introductions with MacBook Neo)

(55:01) - Jason's App Update

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Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple’s CEO on Sept 1st and John Ternus is taking the reigns. We discuss Cook’s Legacy, the last CEO transition from Jobs to Cook, and what we expect from a Ternus-led Apple. Plus, OpenAI’s new image generator is actually good, and Jason is building a wild notes app.
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Links from the show
The Master Engineer Taking Over Apple (and Why It Matters) - YouTube
I Tested 12 Podcast Apps - YouTube
Tim Cook’s Farewell Letter Just Revealed His Most Important Leadership Habit - Inc
Tim Cook Is Stepping Down as Apple’s CEO. He’s Keeping the Most Important Job—for Now
Optimising Vibe-Coded Next.js Applications for Performance, Crawlability and Search Success — Will Kennard
Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO - Apple
Photo from Apple’s Town Hall
Tim Cook tells employees why he chose to step down now, what's next for him - 9to5Mac
Community Letter from Tim - Apple
Johny Srouji named Apple’s Chief Hardware Officer - Apple
Daring Fireball: Another Day Has Come
OpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the web | The Verge
ChatGPT Image Post on Bluesky
OpenAI updates ChatGPT with Codex-powered 'workspace agents' for teams - 9to5Mac
Google teases Gemini-powered Siri upgrade during Cloud Next keynote - 9to5Mac
Amazon invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic part of AI infrastructure
SpaceX lands deal to likely purchase Cursor, a Claude Code and OpenAI Codex competitor - 9to5Mac
Threads is adding Live Chats to boost real-time engagement | TechCrunch

(00:00) - Intro

(07:31) - Tim Cook's Legacy

(18:03) - John Ternus Era

(39:20) - Sponsor: Framer

(41:06) - Sponsor: Granola

(42:23) - Sponsor: Claude

(43:54) - Cook's Wins and Failures

(53:58) - ChatGPT 2.0 Images

(59:57) - Lightning Round

(01:03:18) - Jason's Notes App

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Gemini launches a Mac app, Adobe Firefly brings more AI tools, Anthropic upgrades Claude Code with routines, Apple is sending Siri engineers to AI boot camp, Jason vibe coded some pretty great apps, and how genuine is Sam Altman?
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Links from the show
Is a $3,000 Movie Player Worth It? - YouTube
Ferrari Luce Interior - X
Allbirds announced a switch from shoes to AI and its stock jumped 600 percent | The Verge
Gemini for macOS - your native AI desktop app
Gus Mueller: "The new Mac Gemini app has a huge executable bina…" - Mastodon
DaVinci Resolve adds new photo editing tools to take on Lightroom and Photoshop | The Verge
Adobe Ushers in a New Era of Creativity with New Creative Agent and Generative AI Innovations in Adobe Firefly
Anthropic adds routines to redesigned Claude Code, here's how it works - 9to5Mac
Redesigning Claude Code on desktop for parallel agents | Claude
DoorDash Stunt - Apple News
Report: Apple to send Siri engineers to multi-week AI coding bootcamp - 9to5Mac
Amazon to buy Globalstar for $11.57B in bid to flesh out its satellite biz | TechCrunch
YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts | The Verge
$10K Apple Pay Hack - YouTube
DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4 camera is better at capturing slo-mo footage and photos | The Verge
Microsoft is testing OpenClaw-like AI bots for Copilot | The Verge
Festival for Personal AI
Apple threatened to pull Musk’s AI Grok from App Store over sexualized deepfakes | The Verge
Sam Altman's Blog
Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? | The New Yorker
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Chapters

(00:00) - Intro

(06:26) - Allbird AI Pivot

(10:58) - Gemini Mac App

(19:01) - Resolve 21

(21:41) - Adobe Firefly

(27:50) - Sponsor: Copilot Money

(29:33) - Sponsor: Shopify

(31:05) - Claude Mac App

(36:02) - DoorDash Stunt

(44:15) - Siri Engineers to Boot Camp

(46:02) - Amazon Buy Globalstar

(51:15) - Turn Off YouTube Shorts

(52:40) - $10K Apple Pay Hack

(55:09) - Lightning Round

(01:06:39) - How Real is Sam Altman?

(01:20:10) - Jason’s Vibe Coded Apps

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OpenAI acquires TBPN podcast, Anthropic’s mysterious Mythos AI it won’t release to the public, Google’s new deepfake tools, and why is NASA still using Flickr?
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Links from the show
Stephen Robles - Apple Home and HomeKit Devices
Amazon Ends Support for Old Kindles - inc.com
NASA Images
Artemis II | Flickr
LunarWall: Shuffle Moon Photos from Artemis II - MacStories
This Shortcut downloads latest Artemis II images from NASA - 9to5Mac
AirPods Max 2 Colors - Mastodon
OpenAI just bought TBPN | The Verge
OpenAI’s AGI boss is taking a leave of absence | The Verge
Sam Altman Compares AGI to the Pandemic
ChatGPT just added its first streaming video app, here's what it can do - 9to5Mac
Anthropic Project Glasswing: Mythos Preview gets limited release
Quantum-secure cryptography in Apple operating systems - Apple Support
US court declines to block Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting for now | Reuters
Anthropic’s New Product Aims to Handle the Hard Part of Building AI Agents | WIRED
Google makes it easy to deepfake yourself | The Verge
Meta debuts the Muse Spark model in a 'ground-up overhaul' of its AI | TechCrunch
Surf Social
Google Brings Vertical Tabs and Improved Reading Mode to Chrome - MacRumors
Spotify's prompted playlist feature will now work for podcasts, too | TechCrunch
Squarespace Marketplace - Stephen Robles
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to AI News and Updates
06:05 Artemis II Moon Photos
10:40 AirPods Max 2
17:47 OpenAI is Flailing
31:32 Sponsor: CleanMyMac
33:28 Sponsor: Granola
35:04 Anthropic's Mythos AI
47:31 YouTube Making Deepfakes Easier
49:47 Meta's Spark AI
53:49 Amazon Cutting Off Old Kindles
01:00:48 Are Vertical Tabs Good?
01:03:40 Spotify AI Podcast Recommendations
01:04:25 Claude Strikes Again

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Apple hits 50, Tim Cook gives a *rousing* interview, we debate the most Apple-y product, the Mac Pro is officially dead, Claude Code leak, and Stephen saw the Artemis II launch.
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Apple Turns 50: This Device is the MOST Apple - YouTube
Apple Just Turned 50. Its Greatest Innovation Has Always Been Version 2
Mac Pro Photo 1
Mac Pro Photo 2
Original Apple TV Box
Haptyk - Mechanical Keyboard Sounds for Mac | Free Download
‎Beam Browser App - App Store
Tim Cook WSJ Interview - Video
Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware - 9to5Mac
ChatGPT app launches for CarPlay on iOS 26.4 - 9to5Mac
Claude Code leak exposes a Tamagotchi-style ‘pet’ and an always-on agent | The Verge
Apple drops price of Studio Display XDR without stand option by $400 - 9to5Mac
AirPods Max 2 review: High-end adds modern features at last - 9to5Mac
'Only limited by the physics': inside Apple’s AirPods Max 2 and the H2 chip upgrade | TechRadar
SpaceX files confidentially for IPO in mega listing potentially valued at $1.75 trillion, report says | TechCrunch
You can finally replace your embarrassing Gmail username | The Verge
Meta starts testing a premium subscription on Instagram | TechCrunch
You can order Grubhub and Uber Eats ‘conversationally’ with Alexa Plus | The Verge
Delta Air Lines taps Amazon Leo for in-flight Wi-Fi as streaming wars heat up

(00:00) - Intro

(06:30) - Video Podcast and Chapters

(15:22) - App Shout Outs

(17:50) - Apple's 50th Celebrations

(38:53) - Sponsor: Granola

(40:33) - Sponsor: Framer

(42:30) - Mac Pro is Dead

(53:32) - ChatGPT in CarPlay

(56:03) - Studio Display XDR Got Cheaper

(01:03:57) - AirPods Max 2 Reviews

(01:05:01) - Lightning Round

(01:15:06) - Keeping Apple Boxes

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