Siri is good now??

We're all starting to test Apple's newest software post-WWDC, and the most surprising thing has happened: Siri actually seems to be pretty good now. Nilay and David discuss how that happened, and what it means for the AI industry, and all of us, that Apple's voice assistant is finally useful. Then, we have some news about Bluesky, Threads, and YouTube that adds up to a big change in social networks, plus the Hype Desk, Brendan Carr, the Trump Phone, and a really great deal for iPad users

Further reading:

Apple announces Siri AI and its next generation of Apple Intelligence

I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works

Apple’s new Siri AI knows when to shut up

I’m relieved Siri AI isn’t trying to be a health coach

You can just tell the Instagram algorithm what you want now

YouTube is introducing DMs (again)

Bluesky is getting ‘communities’

Anthropic releases its first Mythos-class model Claude Fable

Claude Fable won’t answer basic biology questions

Anthropic apologizes for invisible Claude Fable guardrails

Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concerns

YouTube is introducing DMs (again)

Bluesky is getting ‘communities’

iFixit Trump phone teardown confirms it’s an HTC dupe

Solar has overtaken coal in the US for the first time

AT&T is launching $3 ‘unlimited’ day passes for iPads

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(Timestamps are approximate.)

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:00 New Siri is good

00:04:00 Search Index Breakthrough

00:08:00 Cloud vs On Device

00:11:00 Siri Upends AI Apps

00:20:00 Where Is The Computer

00:24:00 EU Interoperability Fight

00:31:00 Social News Lightning Trio

00:33:00 Mosseri Algorithm Control

00:35:00 Bluesky Communities

00:37:00 YouTube DMs Social Push

00:41:00 Bluesky Bets on Communities

00:50:00 Talking to Your Algorithm

00:51:00 AI Made-to-Order Instagram

00:54:00 Bespoke Apps Break Reality

01:01:00 Hype Desk

01:02:00 Social Reckoning Trailer Breakdown and Casting

01:14:00 CBS News Meltdown

01:17:00 Carr vs Newsrooms

01:20:00 SpaceX IPO Favors

01:24:00 Claude Fable Guardrails

01:30:00 Trump Phone Teardown

01:34:00 AT&T iPad Day Pass

01:36:00 Solar Beats Coal

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