Apple HomePad Imminent, OpenAI Dots Explained, AI Safety Charade

Apple's smart home hub may arrive October 13 with an iMac G4-inspired design, tech leaders outline AI self-policing under new accords, OpenAI introduces its new Dots AI agents, plus an mini app-recommendation lightning round!
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The AI Industry Has a Jurassic Park Problem - Inc.
Meta's Strategy to Get You to Use Muse Is to Lie About Your Friends - Inc. (21:31)
Get in losers, we're ditching Raycast - YouTube
You Can 'Get Ready' for iPhone Duo Pre-Orders on October 12 - MacRumors
Apple's HomePad smart home hub launching on Oct 13 with iMac G4 design – Bloomberg - 9to5Mac
Ron Johnson on Letting the Best Ideas Win - Creative Effort - Apple Podcasts (15:33)
YouTuber Says Muse Gave His Address to a Marketplace Buyer - Business Insider
Mark Zuckerberg on Muse, Audio-Only Glasses and Killer AI - YouTube
Here’s how tech leaders will self-police AI safety under Trump’s deal | The Verge
OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government | WIRED
The Ezra Klein Show: Bill Gates - The New York Times
DevDay 2026 Recap | OpenAI
Introducing dots | OpenAI
Introducing Gemini 4 Argon
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DoorDash launches an AI agent you can text to order food | TechCrunch
Halide 3.2: The App for Aperture
Amazon’s delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos ‘almost constantly’ | The Verge
Daring Fireball: Anthropic's IPO Prospectus Is a Fucking Doozy
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(00:00) - Intro
(06:47) - iPhone Duo Pre Pre-Order
(10:16) - HomePad Coming Soon
(15:22) - Jason Covering Muse AI
(37:30) - Sponsor: Origin
(39:31) - AI Self-Regulation
(52:12) - ChatGPT Dev Day
(01:07:27) - Lightning Round
(01:17:55) - Personal Tech: Apps
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