Notices by M.G. Siegler (mgs@me.dm)

@WarnerCrocker what could possibly go wrong? ;)

So what is the point of the iPhone 16 with the iPhone 16e? You're paying a lot more for a slightly better camera system? If you want colors?

Beyond the technical aspects, it's little wonder that Amazon and Apple are having trouble upgrading Alexa and Siri for the Age of AI. The burden of yesterday's successes (and failures). https://spyglass.org/the-ai-will-come-out-tomorrow/

@anildash Yeah but let's not conflate those things. If she was trying to break up government corruption, I'd be all for that. (lol)

@anildash it is of course not *easy* to create a new AI startup, but there's nothing stopping any of them from doing essentially what DeepSeek did other than this weird mental model that you needed billions of dollars (which this causes a re-think of, in a good way). If anything, she seemed *more* aligned with Zuck here? Arguing for open source (open weight), so she was presumably cool with Llama...

I knew I wouldn't agree with Lina Khan's recent NYT op-ed, but basically every word of it was wrong, or exactly backwards. https://spyglass.org/earth-to-lina-khan/

For the kids growing up today, using web search for most things is going to feel like using an abacus in the age of calculators… https://spyglass.org/kids-and-ai/

OpenAI’s new private round of funding would be more money than has been raised in an IPO. Ever. https://spyglass.org/openai-ipo-ish/

Hold on to your butts... https://spyglass.org/ai-deepseek-panic/

Beyond deep ChatGPT integration, I think that OpenAI needs to build their own web browser to make an efficient human/machine system in these early agentic days... https://spyglass.org/openai-web-browser/

Summary of last 24 hours: TikTok doomed. TikTok saved. TikTok maybe still doomed. TikTok maybe still saved. TikTok may be saved after it is doomed. TikTok may yet be doomed after it is saved.

TikTok Twitter Tariffs Trade! https://spyglass.org/twittertok/

I think this from back in July holds up quite well, post-election. https://spyglass.org/vcs-for-trump/

Ahead of Apple Intelligence and with Vision Pro taking hits, Apple comes out swinging... But to say "not first, but best" you have to actually land "best". https://spyglass.org/is-apple-intelligence-ready/

Said without the benefit of hindsight, or EyeSight, just using common sense and my own eyes... https://spyglass.org/pro-vision-apple/

Meta (and even Snap) just schooled Apple https://spyglass.org/apple-becomes-the-pupil/

As Meta's "Orion" project showcases, it's pretty strange that Apple didn't put the compute outside the Vision Pro - *especially when they already had to tether the battery pack*. Also, there's that insanely powerful computer they made in your pocket... https://spyglass.org/apple-knew-where-the-puck-was-going-but-meta-skated-there/

So is there a path to a product here? If kept simple enough, one would hope so. If you squint, you can almost see something... https://spyglass.org/lovefrom-openai-device/

Regardless of what you think of Spectacles, the (quasi) product, the presentation to unveil them was a masterclass. Almost, yes, Jobs-ian... https://spyglass.org/snap-spectacles/

It sure (and increasingly) feels like Microsoft has an AI problem on its hands. What's actually working beyond GitHub coding? (⭕️ Inner Ring Members Post ⭕️)

https://spyglass.org/does-microsoft-have-an-ai-problem/