Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This week, Federico and John discuss what might be next for Apple Intelligence and how it fits into the broader AI market.
On AppStories+, Federico and John cover the fallout from the Sora app and why AI can't replace human creativity.
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Links and Show Notes
- Apps and Services Mentioned
- Zapier — zapier.com
- Tasklet — tasklet.ai
- Shortwave — shortwave.com
- Notion AI — notion.com/product
- Exa — exa.ai
- Small Language Models are the Future of Agentic AI – research.nvidia.com/labs/lpr/slm-agents
- Less is More Recursive Reasoning with Tiny Networks – huggingface.co/papers/2510.04871
AppStories+ Post-Show
- Oatmeal on AI art — theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
- OpenAI's Sora app can deepfake anyone — here's what it did to me — washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/07/sora-cameo-deepfake-consent
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Imagining an AI Powered Apple
01:29 - Productivity and Automation Focused AI
08:31 - Notes on Agents
14:03 - Chatbots
14:48 - A Web Search Replacement
15:23 - App Integration: Apple's Greatest Potential Advantage
19:25 - Sponsor: Claude
21:55 - Small Language Models
27:25 - Apple Needs a Chatbot
27:52 - Open Iteration
30:12 - How an Apple Chatbot Might Play Out
This week, Federico and John discuss what might be next for Apple Intelligence and how it fits into the broader AI market.
On AppStories+, Federico and John cover the fallout from the Sora app and why AI can't replace human creativity.
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Links and Show Notes
- Apps and Services Mentioned
- Zapier — zapier.com
- Tasklet — tasklet.ai
- Shortwave — shortwave.com
- Notion AI — notion.com/product
- Exa — exa.ai
- Small Language Models are the Future of Agentic AI – research.nvidia.com/labs/lpr/slm-agents
- Less is More Recursive Reasoning with Tiny Networks – huggingface.co/papers/2510.04871
AppStories+ Post-Show
- Oatmeal on AI art — theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
- OpenAI's Sora app can deepfake anyone — here's what it did to me — washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/07/sora-cameo-deepfake-consent
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Imagining an AI Powered Apple
01:29 - Productivity and Automation Focused AI
08:31 - Notes on Agents
14:03 - Chatbots
14:48 - A Web Search Replacement
15:23 - App Integration: Apple's Greatest Potential Advantage
19:25 - Sponsor: Claude
21:55 - Small Language Models
27:25 - Apple Needs a Chatbot
27:52 - Open Iteration
30:12 - How an Apple Chatbot Might Play Out
