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Meta Reminder, Ebooks and Audiobooks, Bartender Replacement

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It’s PSA time on The Context Machine. Bryan and Jeff discuss opting out of Meta using your content to train its AI model, along with Jeff’s favorite option for replacing Bartender on your Mac. Bryan also shares the services he’s found to help promote and distribute ebooks and audio books for indy authors.

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Apple’s New OS Announcements and Breaking Down Apple Intelligence

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Bryan and Jeff discuss the iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and visionOS 2 announcements from this week’s Apple World Wide Developers Conference. They also look at what’s coming this fall with Apple Intelligence.

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King Liam and Other Creative Works, Apple’s 100 Best Albums

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Bryan and Jeff take a look at Bryan’s new short story, King Liam, First of His Name. They also share their thoughts on the Apple Music top 100 albums list, chat about borbs, and offer a teaser for Jeff’s upcoming presentation at Macstock 8 in July.

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Listener Email, Sugar, and Dark Matter

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Bryan and Jeff catch up on reader email, and also take a look at two Apple TV+ shows: Sugar and Dark Matter.

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Apple’s Commercial Kerfuffle and a Deep Dive on New iPad Pro

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Bryan and Jeff talk about the backlash to Apple’s M4 iPad Pro commercial, and also look at the just announced M2 iPad Air, M4 iPad Pro, and Apple Pencil Pro from the company’s “Let Loose” media event.

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Apple AI Mania and Jeff’s Walking Around Pen

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Bryan and Jeff look at the hype surrounding Apple’s unannounced but rumored AI features, and Jeff has some questions about choosing a fountain pen to carry when he’s away from his desk.

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Siri/HomePod Future, Apple Books and Indie Authors

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Bryan and Jeff discuss what Apple may be planning to improve Siri, along with how the company could give indie authors more options for selling their books. Bryan also gives us some real time coverage of a big Bitcoin block halving event.

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Apple, Generative AI, and Licensing

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Apple licensed content from Shutterstock presumably for its own AI efforts, which gets Bryan and Jeff looking at the ethics behind the methods many AI companies use to source the data they rely on to train their own models. Surprisingly, they didn’t have to edit for inappropriate language.

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DOJ Apple Antitrust Case, Apple’s Third Party AI Talks

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Bryan and Jeff get a little hot under the collar over the US DOJ antitrust case against Apple and they’re tense over reports that Apple is in talks with Google to use Gemini as part of its own generative AI efforts.

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Dune (Briefly), King Liam Update, and Apple’s Uber Ninja AI Moves

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Bryan and Jeff talk a little about Dune now that Dune: Part 2 is out, and look at the news that Apple acquired the AI company DarwinAI. They also chat about the status of Bryan’s short story, King Liam, a couple Vision Pro apps, and fountain pen ink.

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