Google’s AI Failure, Apple Car Is Over, AI Powered Siri

Apple pivots by killing the Apple Car project to focus on AI innovation, Google's controversial Gemini AI image results, Apple's potential new fitness wearables, Sonos' rumored high-end headphones, and most importantly, our coffee habits. Watch on YouTube!

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Links from the showApple to Wind Down Electric Car Effort After Decadelong Odyssey - BloombergBehind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns - The New York TimesJoanna Stern's FineWoven NewsletterGoogle Mired in Controversy Over Gemini AI Chatbot Push - WSJGoogle Gemini German Soldier ImagesWith 5 Words, Google's CEO Sundar Pichai Just Responded to Intense Criticism Over the Company's Gemini Debacle | Inc.comGoogle's Apology for Its Gemini Image Debacle Reveals a Much Deeper Culture Problem for the Company | Inc.comKlarna says its OpenAI virtual assistant does the work of 700 humansApple to 'break new ground' on AI, says CEO Tim CookApple Leadership - John Giannandrea - AppleRogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio on MacOSApple Ponders Making New Wearables: AI Glasses, AirPods With Cameras, Smart Ring - BloombergSamsung unveils the Galaxy Ring as a way to 'simplify everyday wellness'Accurate Health Information Accessible to Everyone Ultrahuman Ring | PricingApple Met With Justice Department in Final Bid to Avoid Antitrust Suit - BloombergSonos’ first headphones now rumored to launch in June for $449 - The VergeReddit IPO: Company's Biggest Risk Is Its Reliance on Unpredictable Users - BloombergThreads widens the gap with X, with triple the daily downloads on iOS | TechCrunchDaring Fireball: Poll Results on Apple’s FineWoven iPhone CasesMicrosoft’s gaming chief on Xbox games coming to PS5, next-gen hardware, and more - The VergeuKeg Nitro Cold Brew Coffee MakerChameleon Cold BrewAeroPress Coffee Maker Official Storethe Barista Pro™ | breville (CA)Panerabread Charged Drink

(00:00) - Intro

(04:58) - Apple Car Unalived

(09:36) - NotFineWoven

(14:00) - Google Gemini Fail

(26:46) - Google Culture Issues

(29:07) - Customer Service Chatbots

(34:16) - Tim Cook on AI

(41:36) - Sponsor: Audio Hijack

(44:19) - Apple Fitness Ring

(49:21) - Apple Antitrust Case

(54:27) - Sonos Headphones

(58:18) - Reddit IPO

(01:00:30) - Threads vs. X

(01:05:30) - iPhone Betting Apps

(01:07:41) - Cloud Gaming Apps

(01:08:38) - Car Audio Shortcut

(01:12:42) - Coffee Habits

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