About this episode

The episode discusses Apple Music's subscription price increase, ongoing legal battles involving Apple and OpenAI, and various AI developments related to Apple.

Apple is raising its subscription prices for both Apple Music & select Apple One bundles. The OpenAI & Apple legal battle is escalating. And are Siri's AI features finally coming to China? Apple raises prices for Apple Music and Apple One subscriptions. Is Apple One worth it for you after recent price hikes? iCloud $32.8B CSAM lawsuit dismissed, Apple protected under Section 230 laws. Apple in talks to settle DOJ antitrust lawsuit, per report. Class action accuses Apple of misleading users about Hide My Email's privacy protections. OpenAI and Apple legal battle escalates, poached employees warned about data deletion. Apple Intelligence finally on the road to release in China. PrismML releases Bonsai 27B, claiming first major AI model of its size fit for iPhone. Apple's New Speech API vs Whisper: The First Real Benchmark. Apple testing 'Live Notes' AI system to record Genius Bar sessions. Apple's scrapped Mac Pro plans reportedly included a new Intel model. visionOS 27 Beta: 90-Hertz-Freeze bei 24p-Quellen und neue Controller-Plattform. A.I. 'Vibecoded' apps are flooding Apple's app store. Investigation reveals dozens of disguised gambling apps on the App Store in Brazil…

People in this episode

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, Christina Warren

Topics covered

• Apple Music price hike
• OpenAI legal battle
• Apple One subscription
• iCloud lawsuit
• AI features in China
• App Store gambling apps
• AI technology developments

Keywords

• Apple Music
• OpenAI
• price hike
• Apple One
• iCloud lawsuit
• AI features
• App Store
• gambling apps
• technology news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, OpenAI, DOJ, PrismML, NASA, Apple Music, Apple One, Apple App Store, San Francisco

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