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

Did I go overboard on the maritime analogies here? You decide. ⚓️

But really, I'm less worried about Apple blowing it with regard to AI than I am about *why* they are -- and what that might ultimately mean for the company... 🏴☠️ https://spyglass.org/apple-is-the-navy/

It's 2025, Siri still sucks, with no sign of the sucking stopping, and we can't wait until 2027 for what is now already table-stakes technology. https://spyglass.org/apple-siri-chatgpt-openai-swap/

Man who wears tie like a clown gives suit fashion advice to former comedian.

Sort of wild that it has already been two years since the AI ‘Sydney’ situation with Bing — Bing! — also sort of wild that it also feels like it was *20 years ago*. So much has come to pass since then… https://spyglass.org/early-provocative-ai-chatbots-revisited/

@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/