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Brian Barrett

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Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

And as part of the announcement, Apple said he is going to be, I don't have the exact phrasing, but something like he's going to be working with leaders across the world.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Like he's going to continue that diplomacy role.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Basically, I think he's stepping out of his CEO role and into more of a

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

shaking more hands, making nice with world leaders, trying to keep up that sort of diplomatic cadence that he'd already established over the last several years.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Well, so they've got the Vision Pro.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Going to another corner of the tech industry.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

This week, SpaceX announced a deal with the popular AI startup Cursor to either acquire the company for $60 billion later this year, or if an acquisition doesn't happen, they'll pay them $10 billion for whatever work that they've done together.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

They said they're going to work closely together to build, quote, next generation coding and knowledge work of AI, which is AI coding tools, basically.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

That's what Cursor is known for.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

It's a little weird.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

It was unexpected, and the arrangement is strange.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Zoe, help me understand why it's a potential deal for a rocket ship company buying an AI coding company that relies on other...

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Large language models who are competitive.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Zoe, help me.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Help me.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Biggest almost scoop.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

They put so much into making anime women and non-consensual porn that they couldn't

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Two things.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

One, the weirdness to me is deeper.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Apple’s Next Chapter; SpaceX and Cursor Strike A Deal; Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

Just the fact that SpaceX owns XAI, which owns X, is all just like we're just putting it all under this weird umbrella.