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Apple’s Folding Phone "Duo" Is Here + OpenAI vs. Google vs. Anthropic Revisited — With M.G. Siegler Sep 9, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 38:56 Alex Kantrowitz So Apple is also working on, aside from the things that we've talked about today, AirPods with cameras, an in-home security sensor and system, smart glasses, a tabletop robot version of the smart hub, and potentially a pendant with a…

Why Specialized AI Models Are Challenging the Frontier Labs — With DeepL CEO Jarek Kutylowski Jul 7, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 30:04 Jarek Kutylowski I'm, I'm a big advocate of the fact that for like real time translation, we actually have all of the devices that we need, like the airports that we have, like the phone that we have that actually suffices for, for that.

Who Wins The AI Superapp Battle?, Apple’s Consumer AI Victory, World Cup Automation Mistake Jul 6, 2026 · 3 mentions

Did Apple (Finally) Get AI Right At WWDC?, Anthropic’s Worry, Microsoft vs. OpenAI Jun 8, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 4:37 Ranjan Roy My left AirPod, 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 4:39 Ranjan Roy Um, and I'm probably just gonna go out and buy the AirPods three pro.
  • ▶ 23:37 Ranjan Roy I would tend to argue that it's been, yeah, at least you said refining, not revolutionizing, but again, when you're selling iPhones at that clip and everyone keeps buying them and I'm about to go spend 250 bucks to replace an AirPod, like,

Did Google Just Fall Behind Again?, WWDC Preview, Anthropic Files To Go Public Jun 8, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 48:23 Alex Kantrowitz We might see, do you think we'll see a preview of AirPods with cameras? 2 times in the scene

The Allure of AI Love + Does Anyone Want AI Wearables? — With Joanna Stern May 13, 2026 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 3:22 Alex Kantrowitz Uh, if you're Apple and Siri is this juiced up Gemini foundation built, ah, AI assistant and now it's in your AirPods. 6 times in the scene

Apple After Tim Cook, OpenAI’s New Mojo, Meta’s Internal Tracking Escapade Apr 27, 2026 · 4 mentions

Tim Cook Steps Down. And Who is John Ternus? — With Joanna Stern Apr 21, 2026 · 2 mentions

Dario’s Choice and Anthropic’s Future, Apple’s AI Devices, Netflix Loses WBD Mar 4, 2026 · 8 mentions

OpenAI’s $50 Billion Fundraise, AI Advertising Game Theory, Apple’s AI Wearable Pin Jan 26, 2026 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 20:20 Ranjan Roy Uh, launching their own, uh, I think they're, it was rumored they're gonna be launching an AirPods type device.
  • ▶ 38:42 Ranjan Roy Um, I don't know, like I, I dictate all day long, um, on my AirPods with my iPhone, but I think the camera side, what exactly it's gonna try to be doing, 4 times in the scene

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon: Future Of AI Devices, AI Fashion, Blending Reality and Computing Jan 20, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 17:54 Alex Kantrowitz Maybe their big bet is going to be the, the AirPods and how AI you already is delivered in the AirPods with things like translate and meet series inside there, but still has some work to do and maybe they'll do it with their Google… 2 times in the scene

AI Device Wars Heat Up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers Dec 8, 2025 · 4 mentions

Amazon's Panos Panay: The Reality of Building Alexa Plus and AI Assistants Oct 23, 2025 · 1 mention

Sora 2 & AI’s Slop Era, Death Of The Creator Economy?, Apple’s SmartGlasses Roadmap Oct 4, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 48:13 Alex Kantrowitz I recently picked up a pair of the new, uh, AirPods three pro, uh, model, and I've never used better headphones in my entire life.

Do We Care About The iPhone Air?, Nepal's Discord Revolution, San Francisco’s 996 Culture Sep 16, 2025 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 3:58 Ranjan Roy And, and for listeners, as we sometimes are a bit, uh, negative on Apple, I am wearing AirPods and we're talking on a MacBook and I have my iPhone next to me.
  • ▶ 15:02 Ranjan Roy I, I think to me, the AirPods were interesting. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 17:37 Alex Kantrowitz And are these AI experiences going to be delivered in the phone or the AirPods or perhaps a different device? 2 times in the scene

Brain Computer Interface Frontier: Depression, Coma, AI Merge Sep 5, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 49:49 Michael Mager Um, think about AirPods that people forget they even have in and, you know, makes them sort of quasi cyborgs.

The Web’s ‘Existential’ AI Threat, OpenAI’s Microsoft Office Competitor, Tesla Robotaxi Launch Jun 30, 2025 · 2 mentions

Sam Altman’s Gentle Singularity, Zuck’s AI Power Play, Burning Of The Waymos Jun 14, 2025 · 1 mention

What Apple's Failures Say About AI's Limitations —  With M.G. Siegler Jun 11, 2025 · 1 mention

Apple’s AI 'Gap Year' at WWDC?, Elon Vs. Trump Goes Nuclear, NYTimes’ OpenAI Attack Jun 9, 2025 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 13:46 Ranjan Roy Surrounded and covered in Apple gear with AirPods on and everything else, but like, I actually use this third party app, uh, it's called AutoSleep.
  • ▶ 14:52 Alex Kantrowitz And there's also a reboot of a translate app that's going to be integrated with AirPods and Siri. 7 times in the scene

OpenAI's Jony Ive Moment, Anthropic's Big New Model, Google In AI Mode May 27, 2025 · 3 mentions

Tariffs Impact on Tech Stocks: A Black Swan Event? — With Adam Parker of Trivariate Research Apr 8, 2025 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 13:52 Alex Kantrowitz So, in India, where Apple, this is from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, where Apple is increasingly building iPhones and AirPods, there's a 26% tariff. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 14:22 Alex Kantrowitz Indonesia, where Apple is gonna start making AirTags, and AirPods Max, 32% tariff.

Will Big Tech CEOs Win Their All-In Bet on Trump? With Saagar Enjeti Feb 19, 2025 · 1 mention

The Future of AI and Entrepreneurship, According Two Leading Innovators Jan 13, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 23:54 Norman Winarski What are we learning by reading brainwaves from an AirPod-like device that says whether or not you're gonna have a seizure, or even more generally, whether you're depressed or whatever.

Why The Costco Guys And Hawk Tuah Took Over The Internet Jan 9, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 4:11 Ryan Broderick This is like the moment where, you know, Stephen Colbert is wearing AirPods and doing his TV show on Zoom from his bathtub.

Is Generative AI Plateauing?, Booming Bluesky, Apple’s Smart Glasses Play Nov 15, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 52:25 Ranjan Roy I'm still upgrading my Macs and AirPods and iPhones and all that, but it's just, it's, I mean, and again, at their scale, they need to find that next big winner.

Fear Buying AI & Automation Stocks — With Downtown Josh Brown Oct 16, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 40:44 Josh Brown They're walking around with AirPods, taking customer service calls while they shop and do errands.

iPhone16 Arrives + Apple Intelligence Delays Sep 11, 2024 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 10:21 Ranjan Roy I say this as someone with HomePods around my home, and an iPhone, and a MacBook, and AirPods, and whatever else.
  • ▶ 13:02 Ranjan Roy Even I thought maybe a new, the air prod AirPods pro two
  • ▶ 34:05 Ranjan Roy There's gonna be, whether it's the new AirPods, or whether it's a new watch, or whether it's a new iPad, or whether it's a new MacBook, or whether it's a new iPhone, one of these products within the ecosystem will be interesting and will…

Kara Swisher Rates Tech Leaders Apr 20, 2024 · 2 mentions

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on Dumb Money, Day Trading, and Retirement Jan 31, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 48:56 Vlad Tenev But, um, you know, at any time you see a new platform release like that, and the last one was the watch that I'm wearing right now from, from Apple and to some extent AirPods with podcasting, you've got to pay attention.

How Amazon Reinvents with Artificial Intelligence Oct 31, 2022 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 41:44 Alex Kantrowitz And people might, you know, people like to, to, you know, get on me about this and they say, well, AirPods and the watch, right? 2 times in the scene
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