Muse AI is Useful and Horrible, Apple Home Event, OpenAI Crossed a Line

Apple may be partnering with LG for new smart home accessories, Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra reveal with “MagSafe” USB-C port, Muse AI in real use cases, OpenAI may be going too far with its models, and Stephen finally tries Tailscale.

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Links from the show

• Amazon's New Kindle Lineup for 2026 | About Amazon
• Amazon Kindle Bundle with Remote
• Apple’s new ‘second-party’ accessories for Home are bigger than we thought, per leak
• X post from pdfu: First look at home accessories Apple co-developed with LG
• Schlage Sense Pro Smart Lock Showdown - YouTube
• Apple TV 4K Rumored to Support Four HomePods for Surround Sound - MacRumors
• Microsoft finally confirms Surface Laptop Ultra pricing | Windows Central
• Microsoft is giving Copilot more control over Windows and your files | The Verge
• Jason on Action News- 6abc Philadelphia
• The Biggest Launch Since ChatGPT (Muse) - Cleo Abram
• AI Just Crossed the Terrifying Line - Now What? - YouTube
• OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results | TechCrunch
• OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex | The Verge
• ChatGPT Gets GPT-6 and New Intelligent UI With Visual Answers - MacRumors
• OpenAI releases progress on more than 300 math research problems - The Washington Post
• Fired OpenAI Researchers Ask Company to Preserve Visibility Into AI Reasoning - WSJ
• Google's SynthID AI Detector is Now Available to Everyone - MacRumors
• SynthID Detector
• Apple Intelligence Comes With a Very Annoying Feature. How to Turn It Off | Inc.
• Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery complete $110 billion media megamerger | The Verge
• Emmys will move from broadcast TV to Prime Video in 2027 | TechCrunch
• Disney Plus will stream Super Bowl LXI | The Verge
• Today Marks the 15th Anniversary of Steve Jobs' Death - MacRumors
• The Weirdest Part of Remembering Steve Jobs

• (00:00) - Intro
• (09:37) - New Kindles
• (13:40) - Apple Smart Home Products
• (25:46) - Microsoft Surface Event
• (32:34) - Sponsor: ElevenLabs
• (35:32) - Sponsor: Framer
• (37:11) - Sponsor: CleanMyMac
• (39:00) - Muse is Useful and Horrible
• (01:02:30) - ChatGPT Crossed a Line
• (01:10:44) - Google SynthID Tool
• (01:12:33) - Annoying Siri Bubble
• (01:19:29) - Streaming News
• (01:21:18) - Stephen Tried Tailscale
• (01:28:29) - Steve Jobs and Founder CEOs

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