The
first
bits
of
Apple
Intelligence
are
starting
to
show
up
on
people’s
phones.
The
features
in
iOS
18.1
are
fairly
basic:
summarizing
messages,
writing
emails,
that
kind
of
thing. Apple
is
already
letting
developers
play
with
iOS
18.2,
though,
which
looks
like
a
much
more
substantial
update.
Meanwhile,
the
company
is
about
to
launch
a
bunch
of
new
M4-powered
and
AI-focused
Macs,
and
launched
the
iPad
Mini
this
week.
It’s
a
lot
happening
all
at
once,
and
it’s
a
lot
to
make
sense
of.
On
this
episode
of
The
Vergecast,
we
try
and
make
sense
of
it.
The
Verge’s
Richard
Lawler
joins
us
as
we
talk
through
the
small
changes
in
18.1
and
the
much
bigger
changes
in
18.2,
debate
whether
Tim
Cook
can
really
use
every
Apple
product
every
day,
and
wonder
what
might
be
coming
from
Apple’s
week
of
Mac
announcements.
After
that,
we
get
into
the
other
news
in
the
world
of
AI.
Anthropic
built
a
model
that
can
use
your
computer
for
you,
which
is
both
cool
and
horrifying
and
is
also
the
main
goal
of
practically
every
company
in
AI.
Humane
made
its
AI
Pin
cheaper,
is
working
on
licensing
its
operating
system
to
other
companies,
and
has
some
big
questions
to
ask.
Perplexity
is
under
fire
for
copyright
reasons.
Watermarking
AI
images
still
doesn’t
work.
It’s
all
a
lot.
Finally,
in
the
lightning
round,
we
talk
about
the
Boox
Palma
2,
T-Mobile
changing
the
“lifetime”
deal
it
made
with
older
subscribers,
and
the
silly
fight
against
the
FTC’s
new
click
to
cancel
rule.
Please,
don’t
make
us
make
phone
calls.
If
you
want
to
know
more
about
everything
we
discuss
in
this
episode,
here
are
some
links
to
get
you
started,
beginning
with
Apple
AI:
And
in
the
lightning
round:
(Originally posted by David Pierce)
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