Primary Technology DeepSeek Explained, AI Arms Race, iOS 18.3 Updates, Rube Goldberg Email Machine
Jan 30, 2025
01:10:55
We unravel everything you need to know about DeepSeek, the Chinese AI starup and how it’s affecting OpenAI, Meta, and more, plus new features came with iOS 18.3, iPhone SE 4 might finally do away with the home button, and we dive into the Rube Goldberg machine of how we manage email.
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Links from the show
- How Apple Builds Iconic Stores: SVP Deirdre O’Brien Interview! - YouTube
- iOS 18.3 NEW Visual Intelligence Features: Finally Good? - YouTube
- Apple Sports now includes broadcast info for where to watch national games - 9to5Mac
- Vision Pro now offers 2,000+ games via NVIDIA GeForce NOW support - 9to5Mac
- iPhone SE 4 appears in new photos and video, notch and all | The Verge
- Meet the new Notion AI
- DeepSeek-R1’s bold bet on reinforcement learning: How it outpaced OpenAI at 3% of the cost | VentureBeat
- Why everyone is freaking out about DeepSeek | The Verge
- OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
- Mark Zuckerberg tells Meta investors to not worry about DeepSeek | The Verge
- Sam Altman’s Response to ChatGPT’s Biggest Threat Yet Is a Revealing Lesson
- DeepSeek privacy under investigation in US and Europe; App Store impact
- Zuckerberg wants to Make Facebook Great Again | The Verge
- Mark Zuckerberg Just Got Political Again. This Time He Has a Point
- (00:00) - Intro
- (03:12) - Show Us Your Old Tech
- (05:37) - Apple SVP Interview
- (07:24) - iOS 18.3 Visual Intelligence
- (11:56) - Apple Sports App
- (15:31) - Severance
- (18:42) - Vision Pro Gaming
- (20:32) - iPhone SE 4 Rumors
- (25:09) - Sponsor: Notion
- (27:25) - DeepSeek Explained
- (34:13) - AI Arms Race and Privacy
- (42:34) - DeepSeek Profitability + Open Source
- (52:35) - Make Facebook Great Again
- (58:04) - Our Email Situations