DeepSeek Explained, AI Arms Race, iOS 18.3 Updates, Rube Goldberg Email Machine
Download MP3We unravel everything you need to know about DeepSeek, the Chinese AI starup and how it’s affecting OpenAI, Meta, and more, plus new features came with iOS 18.3, iPhone SE 4 might finally do away with the home button, and we dive into the Rube Goldberg machine of how we manage email.
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Links from the show
- How Apple Builds Iconic Stores: SVP Deirdre O’Brien Interview! - YouTube
- iOS 18.3 NEW Visual Intelligence Features: Finally Good? - YouTube
- Apple Sports now includes broadcast info for where to watch national games - 9to5Mac
- Vision Pro now offers 2,000+ games via NVIDIA GeForce NOW support - 9to5Mac
- iPhone SE 4 appears in new photos and video, notch and all | The Verge
- Meet the new Notion AI
- DeepSeek-R1’s bold bet on reinforcement learning: How it outpaced OpenAI at 3% of the cost | VentureBeat
- Why everyone is freaking out about DeepSeek | The Verge
- OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
- Mark Zuckerberg tells Meta investors to not worry about DeepSeek | The Verge
- Sam Altman’s Response to ChatGPT’s Biggest Threat Yet Is a Revealing Lesson
- DeepSeek privacy under investigation in US and Europe; App Store impact
- Zuckerberg wants to Make Facebook Great Again | The Verge
- Mark Zuckerberg Just Got Political Again. This Time He Has a Point
- (00:00) - Intro
- (03:12) - Show Us Your Old Tech
- (05:37) - Apple SVP Interview
- (07:24) - iOS 18.3 Visual Intelligence
- (11:56) - Apple Sports App
- (15:31) - Severance
- (18:42) - Vision Pro Gaming
- (20:32) - iPhone SE 4 Rumors
- (25:09) - Sponsor: Notion
- (27:25) - DeepSeek Explained
- (34:13) - AI Arms Race and Privacy
- (42:34) - DeepSeek Profitability + Open Source
- (52:35) - Make Facebook Great Again
- (58:04) - Our Email Situations
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Jason Aten
Contributing Editor/Tech Columnist @Inc | Get my newsletter: https://t.co/BZ5YbeSGcS | Email me: me@jasonaten.net
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Stephen Robles
Making technology more useful for everyone 📺 video and podcast creator 🎼 musical theater kid at heart
