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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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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