(CORRECT) OpenAI’s Hardware Plans Worry Apple

Fired OpenAI safety researchers disputed their dismissals and OpenAI pushed back. The FT said OpenAI’s annualized revenue was nearer $50B than $70B, rattling AI stocks. SpaceX bought spectrum to take on carriers, and Apple lined up a second October event. AI researcher Mikita Bal ...  Show more

Scott Aaronson said AI labs had started testing whether their newest models could break cryptography, and Vitalik Buterin urged taking it seriously. Anthropic launched Haiku 5.5, Google unveiled a universal Gemini agent, and Microsoft opened Surface Laptop Ultra preorders. A theo ...  Show more

Timestamps: 0:00 sorry. sorry 0:15 YouTube testing server-side ad injection 1:30 Microsoft delays Recall 2:55 Apple paying OpenAI in exposure 4:59 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:11 PPUs could boost CPUs 100x 5:59 Japan makes their own DMA 6:33 Tesla investors pay Elon & sue him 7:16 US govt ...  Show more

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Apple's Vision Pro team reportedly refocusing on a cheaper headset, Meta launching a new "Wearables" organization, a new AI company startup from former OpenAI chief scientist, and a whole lot more tech news. Further read ...  Show more

Is Google building AI chatbots based on celebrities and influencers?, Apple facing a mammoth fine in the EU, and Uber is locking New York drivers out of its apps. It's Tuesday, June 25th and this is Engadget News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi ...  Show more

We apologize for talking about the iPhone 16e this week, but is Apple trying to pass off a $600 device as "affordable?" Google would like a word.