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AI Is Leaving the Lab: Prime Days, Telegram Bans, Apple Prices, and Waymo Recalls | 06-24-26
Sam and Jay break down the biggest stories in tech this week. Amazon's Prime Day is expanding to four days (and counting). Telegram faces bans in the UK and India - and what that means for your daily communications. AI is officially no longer an experiment - it's becoming core infrastructure, with OpenAI adding enterprise controls ahead of their IPO. Georgia Power is seizing homes via eminent domain to build AI data center power lines. Apple is raising prices due to a memory chip shortage driven by AI demand, while also facing pressure from Brazil to open iOS to third-party app stores. Plus, Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis after they struggled to navigate construction zones with human traffic officers.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Amazon Prime Day is now Prime Days (June 23-26)
3:08 - Telegram and the UK's proposed social media ban for kids under 16
5:50 - India shuts down Telegram for a week over exam cheating scandal
8:55 - The real problem: Telegram as core communication infrastructure
10:54 - AI moves from experiment to infrastructure
12:50 - OpenAI adds enterprise spending controls ahead of IPO
15:50 - Georgia Power seizing homes via eminent domain for AI data centers
18:13 - Trump announces Apple and Intel chip partnership in the US
19:20 - Brazil forces Apple to open iOS to third-party app stores
20:45 - Apple raising product prices due to AI-driven memory chip shortage
22:03 - Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis over construction zone failures
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