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Can Apple buy its way out of trouble? We discuss the promise and pitfalls of Apple acquiring an AI powerhouse... or literally anything else. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Fitbod : Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. ExpressVPN : High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Thoughts on WWDC 2020 Day One – Six Colors Paste Logitech's Flip Folio: A Modular iPad Keyboard for Occasional Typing - MacStories F1 The Movie | Rotten Tomatoes Let Brad Pitt Take You For a Ride in an F1 Car – The Enthusiast iOS beta code includes new references to Apple's upcoming smart display home product - 9to5Mac Design interactive snippets - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer iPhone 17 Pro's Alleged Vapor Chamber Cooling System Partly Revealed - MacRumors Apple Debates a Deal With Perplexity in Pursuit of AI Talent - Bloomberg The Curious Case of Apple and Perplexity: Do They Need Each Other? | Parker Ortolani The Curious Case of Apple and Perplexity - MacStories What Siri Isn't: Perplexity's Voice Assistant and the Potential of LLMs Integrated with iOS - MacStories From the Creators of Shortcuts, Sky Extends AI Integration and Automation to Your Entire Mac - MacStories Apple’s built-in transcriber blows away Whisper – Six Colors Hands-On: How Apple's New Speech APIs Outpace Whisper for Lightning-Fast Transcription - MacStories Jason Snell: "Whisper's large-v3-turbo is definitely quite a bit slower than Apple's new onboard transcription model..." - The Incomparable Shane Whatley - YouTube