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Apple HomePad Imminent, OpenAI Dots Explained, AI Safety Charade

· 1 h 35 min · Episode 151

Episode Apple HomePad Imminent, OpenAI Dots Explained, AI Safety Charade

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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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• Swap Audio Track on Video Shortcut • Transcribe Multiple Videos Shortcut • 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 • Paramount Co-CEO • 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 • Shortcuts Menu — Your Shortcuts in the Mac menu bar • Hidden Bar App - App Store • Hand Mirror App - App Store • Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software • Dropzone 4 App - App Store • Hyperkey • Tailscale | Secure Connectivity for AI, IoT and Multi-Cloud • Buy the Alfred Powerpack • Final Thoughts on Apple Watch Series 12 Battery Life • Sound Devices USBPre 2 USB-B Audio Interface USBPRE 2 B&H Photo

• (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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