Apple Promises to Catch Up on AI, OpenAI GPT-5 Launch, iPhone Home Screen Roasting

Apple’s record Q3 earnings and commitment to invest heavily in AI, upcoming launch of OpenAI GPT-5, Ghost 6.0 launches with fediverse support, and we roast each other’s iPhone Home Screens! Stephen and Jason’s Home Screens https://primarytech.fm/iphone-home-screens Perplexity Comet Changed How I Use My Mac - YouTube https://youtube.com/watch?v=KRmDj6RXXMg With Just 4 Words, Tim Cook Reset Apple’s AI Narrative and Reminded Everyone Why You Shouldn’t Count Them Out https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/with-just-4-words-tim-cook-reset-apples-ai-narrative-and-reminded-everyone-why-you-shouldnt-count-them-out/91224261 Apple Q3 2025 results and charts: $95B revenue – Six Colors https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/07/apple-q3-2025-results-and-charts-95b-revenue Tim Cook: Apple just sold its three-billionth iPhone - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/31/tim-cook-apple-just-sold-its-three-billionth-iphone CEO Tim Cook says Apple ready to open its wallet to catch up in AI | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/ceo-tim-cook-says-apple-ready-open-its-wallet-catch-up-ai-2025-08-01 Apple CEO Tim Cook Tells Staff AI Is ‘Ours to Grab’ in Pep Talk - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/apple-ceo-tells-staff-ai-is-ours-to-grab-in-hourlong-pep-talk?embedded-checkout=true Tim Cook says Apple ‘must’ figure out AI and ‘will make the investment to do it’ | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/717865/apple-ceo-tim-cook-ai-investment Apple exec says Siri will get ‘much bigger upgrade than we envisioned’ - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2025/08/04/apple-exec-says-siri-will-get-much-bigger-upgrade-than-we-envisioned Google dunks on Apple Intelligence in new Pixel 10 ad | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/718191/google-apple-intelligence-dunk-pixel-10-ad Sam Altman Teases OpenAI Device https://x.com/sama/status/1952879515287601465 Apple increases U.S. commitment to $600 billion, announces ambitious program - Apple https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/08/apple-increases-us-commitment-to-600-billion-usd-announces-ambitious-program Apple, Corning to manufacture all iPhone, Apple Watch cover glass in Kentucky - Apple https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/08/apple-corning-to-manufacture-all-iphone-apple-watch-cover-glass-in-kentucky OpenAI teases GPT-5 launch event this Thursday | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/720114/openai-gpt-5-launch-event-tease How to set up and run OpenAI's 'gpt-oss-20b' open weight model locally on your Mac - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2025/08/06/how-to-run-gpt-oss-20b-on-mac Instagram adds two familiar social media features to its app - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2025/08/06/instagram-map-repost Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives https://blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-is-using-stealth-undeclared-crawlers-to-evade-website-no-crawl-directives Agents or Bots? Making Sense of AI on the Open Web https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/agents-or-bots-making-sense-of-ai-on-the-open-web One of the biggest newsletter platforms now syndicates to Bluesky and Mastodon | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/718286/ghost-6-update-social-web-mastodon-bluesky Hulu App to Be Phased Out; 'Fully Integrating' Into Disney+ https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/hulu-app-phased-out-disney-plus-fully-integrating-1236480450 OpenAI in Talks for Share Sale at $500 Billion Valuation - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/openai-in-talks-for-share-sale-valuing-startup-at-500-billion?embedded-checkout=true OpenAI’s ChatGPT to hit 700 million weekly users, up 4x from last year https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/04/openai-chatgpt-700-million-users.html Tim Cook gifts Trump with US-made piece of glass, 24k gold base - 9to5Mac https://9to5mac.com/2025/08/06/tim-cook-gifts-trump-with-100-us-made-piece-of-glass-on-a-24k-gold-base