Apple’s WWDC 2024: Reactions, Highlights & Breakdowns with Jason and Alex | E1964
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 11 June 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Jason and Alex kick off the show
(1:50) Jumping into the keynote from Apple and whether or not it impressed.
(5:24) “Apple Intelligence” has landed!
(8:32) Reactions to the new Siri.
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(12:42) The importance of Apple’s addition of “on-screen awareness”.
(16:30) Breakdown of Apple’s use of data with their AI.
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(23:53) ChatGPT’s integration with Siri.
(26:32) Unpacking the “free” use of ChatGPT with Apple products.
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(31:07) Discussing the relationships between OpenAI and Microsoft and now Apple.
(34:44) More “ooohs” and “ahhhs” from Apple’s new Image Playground.
(40:25) Jason breaks down other key announcements from WWDC 2024 including a password manager and Apple TV’s new “Insights”.
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| 0:00.0 | With I was 18, I, Pato I'm 18, and Maccoa Sequoia, we are embarking on a new journey to bring you |
| 0:06.0 | intelligence that understands you. Okay, so there's a lot to unpack here. You and I were both going ooh and ah during this. |
| 0:14.6 | I like that you took every single thing I was going to say that was negative |
| 0:17.5 | about this and distill it down to human joy. |
| 0:21.4 | The technology makes for strange that fellows. This is getting weird and |
| 0:24.8 | Sam is playing it perfectly and may explain the tensions between open AI and |
| 0:28.8 | Microsoft. I mean no conflict, no interest here you, folks. It's certainly a dramatic upgrade, |
| 0:35.0 | and I think shows us how we can get to real intelligence on these devices. |
| 0:40.0 | Yeah, this is really going to be powerful, |
| 0:42.0 | and I think what we're seeing here is a massive moment for computing. |
| 0:48.5 | This weekend startups is brought to you by Squarespace. |
| 0:52.5 | Turn your idea into a new website. |
| 0:54.8 | Go to Squarespace.com slash twist for a free trial. |
| 0:58.8 | When you're ready to launch, use offer code twist |
| 1:01.6 | to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. |
| 1:05.6 | LinkedIn Jobs. A business is only as strong as its people and every hire matters. |
| 1:11.4 | Go to LinkedIn.com slash Twist to post your first job for free. Terms and conditions |
| 1:16.9 | apply. And the Equinix startup program offers a hybrid infrastructure solution for startups, including up to $100,000 in |
| 1:26.9 | credits and personalized consultations and guidance from the Equinix team. Go to equinix startups |
| 1:33.7 | to apply today. Welcome back to this week in startups. My name is Alex |
| 1:38.8 | I'm here with Jason of course at Jason over on X I am at Alex over on X and we are back with the second |
| 1:45.2 | show this week because Apple dropped a whole host of news that we absolutely have to get |
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