Apple Promises to Catch Up on AI, OpenAI GPT-5 Launch, iPhone Home Screen Roasting

Apple’s record Q3 earnings and commitment to invest heavily in AI, upcoming launch of OpenAI GPT-5, Ghost 6.0 launches with fediverse support, and we roast each other’s iPhone Home Screens!
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Links from the show
• Stephen and Jason's Home Screens (primarytech.fm/iphone-home-screens)
• Perplexity Comet Changed How I Use My Mac - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=KRmDj6RXXMg)
• With Just 4 Words, Tim Cook Reset Apple’s AI Narrative and Reminded Everyone Why You Shouldn’t Count Them Out (inc.com/jason-aten/with-just-4-words-tim-cook-…)
• Apple Q3 2025 results and charts: $95B revenue – Six Colors (sixcolors.com/post/2025/07/apple-q3-2025-resul…)
• Tim Cook: Apple just sold its three-billionth iPhone - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2025/07/31/tim-cook-apple-just-sol…)
• CEO Tim Cook says Apple ready to open its wallet to catch up in AI | Reuters (reuters.com/business/ceo-tim-cook-says-apple-r…)
• Apple CEO Tim Cook Tells Staff AI Is ‘Ours to Grab’ in Pep Talk - Bloomberg (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/apple-c…)
• Tim Cook says Apple ‘must’ figure out AI and ‘will make the investment to do it’ | The Verge (theverge.com/news/717865/apple-ceo-tim-cook-ai…)
• Apple exec says Siri will get ‘much bigger upgrade than we envisioned’ - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2025/08/04/apple-exec-says-siri-wi…)
• Google dunks on Apple Intelligence in new Pixel 10 ad | The Verge (theverge.com/news/718191/google-apple-intellig…)
• Sam Altman Teases OpenAI Device (x.com/sama/status/1952879515287601465)
• Apple increases U.S. commitment to $600 billion, announces ambitious program - Apple (apple.com/newsroom/2025/08/apple-increases-us-…)
• Apple, Corning to manufacture all iPhone, Apple Watch cover glass in Kentucky - Apple (apple.com/newsroom/2025/08/apple-corning-to-ma…)
• OpenAI teases GPT-5 launch event this Thursday | The Verge (theverge.com/news/720114/openai-gpt-5-launch-e…)
• How to set up and run OpenAI's 'gpt-oss-20b' open weight model locally on your Mac - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2025/08/06/how-to-run-gpt-oss-20b-…)
• Instagram adds two familiar social media features to its app - 9to5Mac (9to5mac.com/2025/08/06/instagram-map-repost)
• Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives (blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-is-using-stealt…)
• Agents or Bots? Making Sense of AI on the Open Web (perplexity.ai/hub/blog/agents-or-bots-making-s…)
• One of the biggest newsletter platforms now syndicates to Bluesky and Mastodon | The Verge (theverge.com/news/718286/ghost-6-update-social…)
• Hulu App to Be Phased Out; 'Fully Integrating' Into Disney+ (variety.com/2025/digital/news/hulu-app-phased-…)
• OpenAI in Talks for Share Sale at $500 Billion Valuation - Bloomberg (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/openai-…)
• OpenAI’s ChatGPT to hit 700 million weekly users, up 4x from last year (cnbc.com/2025/08/04/openai-chatgpt-700-million…)

• (00:00) - Intro

• (03:31) - Apple Q3 Earnings

• (07:37) - Apple's Secret AI All-Hands

• (12:41) - Samsung vs iPhone Camera

• (19:53) - Tim Cook on Apple AI

• (30:38) - Apple's AI Strategy

• (36:30) - Sponsor: 1Password

• (38:40) - Apple's U.S. Manufacturing

• (40:07) - ChatGPT-5 Launch

• (43:55) ...