Recorded in front of a live (and lively) audience at The California Theatre in San Jose Tuesday evening, special guests John Giannandrea, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss Apple’s announcements at WWDC 2024. 3D video with spatial audio: Exclusively in Sandwich Vision’s Theater app on Vision Pro, available on the App Store....

Wayne Ma, reporting for The Information: Neither Apple nor OpenAI are paying each other to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. Instead, OpenAI hopes greater exposure on iPhones will help it sell a paid version of ChatGPT, which costs around $20 a month for individuals. Apple would take its...

Mark Gurman, writing at Bloomberg*: Left unanswered on Monday: which company is paying the other as part of a tight collaboration that has potentially lasting monetary benefits for both. But, according to people briefed on the matter, the partnership isn’t expected to generate meaningful revenue for either party — at least at the outset....

Timothy Snyder: The political theory of Trump’s coup attempt is that all thatmatters is the chieftain. He does not have to win an election,because the chieftain has the right to rule simply because he isthe chieftain. Requiring Trump to win an election is thus aprovocation. The claim that he should leave office when he losesan election justifies revenge....

What a photo. Reminds me of my own father, and the father I try to be myself. Impossible to imagine the former guy expressing such genuine love like this.  ★ 

Ben Thompson: So what is Apple Intelligence, then? To me the explanation flows directly from Strategy 101: Apple Intelligence is the application of generative AI to use cases and content that Apple is uniquely positioned to provide and access. It is designed, to build on yesterday’s Article, to maximize the advantages that Apple has in terms...