September iPhone Event, Why Bending Spoons Ruins Everything, AI Slop Google Maps

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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Links from the show

• Kan Do - Stephen's New Task App! (01:00)
• Apple News Ad - Mastodon post from John Gruber
• MasterCraft brings CarPlay and Android Auto to its pontoon boats (05:28)
• Apple Starts Preparing for September iPhone Event - MacRumors
• Q3 results: 3D pricing, EGOT timing, and underestimating demand – Six Colors
• One Reason Apple’s Computers Are Mostly Made In China: A Tiny Screw | Texas Standard
• The US government just banned Roombas (13:42)
• X post from Brendan Carr
• Friend re-launches its AI pendant with a speaker that talks to you, for twice the price | The Verge
• X post from Avi Schiffmann
• Apple is getting this wrong | OpenAI
• X post from Sam Altman
• Your Fitbit data can now connect directly to Apple Health | The Verge
• Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership | The Verge
• See how Google Earth let people make fake scenes of bombings, riots and destruction (43:12)
• Anthropic says Claude accidentally hacked real companies too | The Verge
• Rogue AI agents created fake online identities in another hacking attempt | The Verge
• Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing | AISI Work
• Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B | TechCrunch
• After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck | TechCrunch
• Evernote cuts back on free plans, pushing users to upgrade | TechRadar
• WeTransfer owner snaps up apps, then sacks workers and raises prices - Follow the Money
• Europe’s AI labeling and transparency rules are now in effect | The Verge
• Reddit comment from r/nerdfighters

• (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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