Apple Music Replay, Xcode upgrade
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🗓️ 4 February 2026
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Apple loses more AI researchers, Siri exec to Google and Meta
- Apple Music Replay 2026 now live, here's how to find it
- Apple announces agentic coding in Xcode with Claude Agent and Codex integration
- Expect more upsells and subscription bundles from Apple, Creator Studio was just the start
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 95 Mac Daily for Wednesday, February 4th, 2026. I'm your host, Chance Miller. We are sponsored this week by Stuff, the clean and powerful to-do list application. |
| 0:14.8 | Leading on today, a new report from Bloomberg highlights the ongoing exodus from Apple's artificial intelligence and Siri teams. |
| 0:22.2 | The report says Apple has lost at least four more of its artificial intelligence researchers |
| 0:26.7 | in recent weeks, in addition to a top Siri executive. |
| 0:31.2 | Those researchers are headed to companies including Meta and Google DeepMind. |
| 0:36.0 | In addition to those researchers, Stuart Bowers has also left Apple for Google DeepMind. |
| 0:41.5 | German describes Bowers as one of Apple's most senior executives working on Siri. His role last year was |
| 0:47.7 | expanded, and he reported to Siri Chief Mike Rockwell, who also reports to Craig Federigi. |
| 0:53.5 | In addition to his time working on Siri, Bowers also worked on Apple's defunct self-driving car project. |
| 1:00.3 | There's a bit of irony in Bowers and other Apple researchers leaving Apple for Google, |
| 1:05.7 | where they will work on the Gemini models that Apple is using to build its next generation version of Siri. |
| 1:11.3 | So they're doing similar work just at different companies. |
| 1:14.9 | Apple's AI and Siri teams have gone through major reorganizations over the last year. |
| 1:20.7 | Most notably, John Gianandria stepped down from his role as the company's senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy in December. |
| 1:28.9 | G&Andria is staying on as an advisor until spring 2026 before ultimately retiring. |
| 1:35.5 | Next up today, Apple Music Replay 2026 is now available, breaking down your top songs and artists |
| 1:41.8 | of the year so far. As we've explained before, this year-round availability of Apple Music Replay is one of the biggest |
| 1:48.9 | differences of Apple's recap feature compared to Spotify Rapped. |
| 1:54.1 | Apple Music Replay lets you monitor your top songs throughout the entire year, with in-depth breakdowns |
| 2:00.1 | available on a monthly basis. |
| 2:02.9 | So starting today, you can view stats like your total listening time, top songs, top artists, |
| 2:08.8 | top albums, and more for the month of January. In addition to those monthly recaps, there's |
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