The AI proactively pitched a column idea after reading his Messages database: it

Inc. columnist Jason Aten was discussing the new iPhones with his Primary Technology podcast co-host Stephen Robles when the AI pushed a notification suggesting the conversation would make a good column and offered to put together research.

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Summarized from a public post on daringfireball.net. See the original ↗

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