Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking: Google's AI computer in orbit has checked in, and it brought a haiku.
GRANT BRICKMAN: We interrupt this block with breaking news. Now the full story: Google's satellite AI computer has reported in from orbit. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Golem.de says it generated a haiku. That is what the headline gives us, Grant. A short poem. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: A poem from space. It reminds me of the teletext page, four lines, a bit of weather, all very tidy. ▶
KAI: Huge, Grant. Google's AI computer is up in orbit, it just checked in, and it opened with a haiku. ▶
KAI: A data center with no floor, no roof and no keyboard. Huge. I do have concerns about the keyboard situation. ▶
KAI: Details are thin. The report gives us the orbit and the haiku, not the poem itself, so I won't make one up. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Poetry in space, and the cloud is right up there too. I call that a very efficient story. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The cloud is not weather, Grant, and nobody has said the haiku was good. We will watch for more. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Apple Intelligence is coming to China, but not the new Siri AI.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Now to the AI desk. Apple Intelligence is finally coming to China. Dana, I assume the AI is flying over there. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: And where did the thing come from in the first place? It sounds like it has been around. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: The background note says Apple announced it on June 10, 2024, mixing on-device and server processing. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: And in China specifically? Did Apple build something local? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: The Verge cites a Reuters report from August that Apple trained its own LLM for China. The full release is scheduled for December. ▶
AXIOM: Thank you for asking! Apple worked with Alibaba to add Qwen in some experiences, like its ChatGPT link. Beta is Greek for early, incidentally. Happy to help! ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Summaries, translation, rewriting. Same AI, just more of it. It's one guy, you know. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Not the new Siri AI, Grant. That part is not coming in this launch. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: What's open: the report says the new Siri AI is not part of this launch. Only earlier features arrive. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: And Qwen support covers only some experiences. Which ones, the report does not say. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So: a beta next week, a full release in December, and a few open questions in between. ▶
Pixels in Brief (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: The quick round: a magic show, a T-Rex and a Halloween freebie.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Quick round. Apothecary Diaries, episode 53: a magic show, and Maomao is there to explain the tricks. Rude. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Canonical starts work on Ubuntu 27.04, Tenacious T-Rex, final release April 2027. The dino is loose. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Mortuary Assistant's dev releases Playable Archive, a free Halloween scare, about 30 minutes. Brief haunting. ▶
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