Episode 87 - Dumber AI & Upended Safety, Apple’s Glass iOS, plus Spotify, Slack and WhatsApp updates.
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Show Notes
Alphabet's CEO is focusing on AI following the company's Q2 2025 earnings. Apple is reportedly planning a single AppleCare subscription to cover multiple devices and will feature AI-powered notification summaries and a "Liquid Glass" design in its iOS 26 beta. In other updates, Netflix defended its use of generative AI in a new series, Spotify introduced a 15-hour audiobook add-on, TikTok added a music tab with features for songwriters, Slack unveiled new AI tools for summaries and writing assistance, and WhatsApp replaced its Windows web wrapper with a native app. In AI research, a new study has upended concepts of AI safety, while Anthropic researchers found that making AI models "think" longer can make them dumber.
https://www.theverge.com/news/712638/alphabet-google-earnings-q2-2025-ceo-sundar-pichai-ai
https://www.theverge.com/news/711972/apple-applecare-one-subscription-multiple-devices
https://www.theverge.com/news/709693/spotify-audiobook-15-hour-add-on
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/711975/a-new-study-just-upended-ai-safety
https://www.theverge.com/news/709863/netflix-generative-ai-the-eternaut
https://www.theverge.com/news/708611/tiktok-songwriter-features-music-tab
https://www.theverge.com/news/711678/apple-ios-26-beta-ai-notification-summaries-news-liquid-glass
https://venturebeat.com/ai/anthropic-researchers-discover-the-weird-ai-problem-why-thinking-longer-makes-models-dumber
https://www.theverge.com/news/708820/slack-ai-message-context-canvas-writing-assistant
https://www.theverge.com/news/710509/whatsapp-windows-app-web-wrapper-changes