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This week, Federico and John attempt to clear up confusion about MacStories’ position on AI web crawlers before rethinking email apps in light of the update to Apple’s Mail app coming this fall.
On AppStories+, Federico and John preview their fall review research setups and consider the impact of Apple Intelligence on the Shortcuts app.
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John tried a pork rind and then they get into the drama of the week: AI.
AppStories, Episode 392 Show Notes
AI Follow-Up
How We’re Trying to Protect MacStories from AI Bots and Web Crawlers – And How You Can, Too
Wired Confirms Perplexity Is Bypassing Efforts by Websites to Block Its Web Crawler
Rethinking Email
Apps Discussed
MimeStream
Spark
Superhuman
Missive
Shortwave
On AppStories+, John shares a long list of observations and tidbits from his week at Apple Park for WWDC.
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Ruminate, Episode 187 Show Notes
Perplexity.ai’s Wikipedia page starring Robb
Clyde Cooper’s Barbecue
Gochujang | Kettle Brand®
Perplexity AI Is Lying about Their User Agent
Perplexity AI is lying about their user agent on Hacker News
Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine
On Robots and Text
There’s Something Deeply Wrong With Perplexity
How to stop Perplexity and save the web from bad AI
Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine
MacStories launched its first podcast in 2017 with AppStories. Since then, the lineup has expanded to include a family of weekly shows that also includes MacStories Unwind, Magic Rays of Light, Ruminate, Comfort Zone, and NPC: Next Portable Console that collectively, cover a broad range of the modern media world from Apple’s streaming service and videogame hardware to apps for a growing audience that appreciates our thoughtful, in-depth approach to media.
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