Show Notes
Apple gears up for its September iPhone event, Google Earth's AI imagery enabled fabricated scenes of bombings, Claude’s models broke containment and even tried to trick real people, and why Bending Spoons ruins everything it touches.
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(00:00) - Intro
(03:19) - Apple News Ads Are Bad
(05:27) - CarPlay in Boats
(07:54) - September iPhone Event
(11:03) - Instagram's Terrible Browser
(13:41) - FCC Bans Robot Vacuums
(21:28) - Friend AI Pendent 2
(25:30) - OpenAI's Bizarre Response
(37:25) - Sponsor: Framer
(39:19) - Sponsor: CleanMyMac
(40:55) - Google AI Shake Up
(43:10) - Google Maps AI Slop
(48:08) - Claude Broke Containment
(51:36) - Why Bending Spoons is Bad
(01:07:24) - Mac Window Habits
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