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Generative AI menus have hit the restaurant business courtesy of models trained on a narrow, “pleasing” aesthetic that feels wrong even when you can’t articulate why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Plus - Tim Cook’s parting message; Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Plus - Apple is holding its iPhone launch event on September 9th Bill Gates Ring introduces a new encryption standard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Uber launches live video streaming for teen accounts; Amazon hikes hardware prices by 60% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Plus - Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay; Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Plus - Peacock is raising prices across all of its streaming plans; OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Uber adds Zipline drones to its Eats delivery network; YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations; Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features while merging its separate Copilot apps; Apple in talks to pay publishers to provide Siri with current news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Plus - OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer; Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the US; Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - The Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms; Bumble teases a swipe-free future as it doubles down on IRL meetups; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings; Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta; SpaceX doubles revenue on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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