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The episode discusses a security breach at Apple involving a former employee and comments from Sam Altman regarding space data centers.

Apple would not comment on the "security breach," which allegedly allowed a former employee to download sensitive files from Apple's network long after he departed the company for rival OpenAI. Also, Responding to Musk accusing him of being a scammer, Altman said, “homeboy you’re the one sellling [sic] public market investors on short-term space datacenters.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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