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!

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Links from the show

• Stephen and Jason's Home Screens
• Perplexity Comet Changed How I Use My Mac - YouTube
• With Just 4 Words, Tim Cook Reset Apple’s AI Narrative and Reminded Everyone Why You Shouldn’t Count Them Out
• Apple Q3 2025 results and charts: $95B revenue – Six Colors
• Tim Cook: Apple just sold its three-billionth iPhone - 9to5Mac
• CEO Tim Cook says Apple ready to open its wallet to catch up in AI | Reuters
• Apple CEO Tim Cook Tells Staff AI Is ‘Ours to Grab’ in Pep Talk - Bloomberg
• Tim Cook says Apple ‘must’ figure out AI and ‘will make the investment to do it’ | The Verge
• Apple exec says Siri will get ‘much bigger upgrade than we envisioned’ - 9to5Mac
• Google dunks on Apple Intelligence in new Pixel 10 ad | The Verge
• Sam Altman Teases OpenAI Device
• Apple increases U.S. commitment to $600 billion, announces ambitious program - Apple
• Apple, Corning to manufacture all iPhone, Apple Watch cover glass in Kentucky - Apple
• OpenAI teases GPT-5 launch event this Thursday | The Verge
• How to set up and run OpenAI's 'gpt-oss-20b' open weight model locally on your Mac - 9to5Mac
• Instagram adds two familiar social media features to its app - 9to5Mac
• Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives
• 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
• Hulu App to Be Phased Out; 'Fully Integrating' Into Disney+
• OpenAI in Talks for Share Sale at $500 Billion Valuation - Bloomberg
• OpenAI’s ChatGPT to hit 700 million weekly users, up 4x from last year

• (00:00) - Intro
• (03:31) - Apple Q3 Earnings
• (07:37) - Apple's Secret AI All-Hands
• (12:41) - Samsung vs iPhone Camera
• (19:53) - Tim Cook on Apple AI
• (30:38) - Apple's AI Strategy
• (36:30) - Sponsor: 1Password
• (38:40) - Apple's U.S. Manufacturing
• (40:07) - ChatGPT-5 Launch
• (43:55) ...