Google API Documentation Leak, Apple's Plans for Siri, and Analyzing Texas Instruments

On this week's episode of The Riff, Erik and Byrne discuss Elon Musk's and Yann Lecun's Tweets, what we can learn from Google's API documentation leaks, how Apple is planning on improving Siri, and more. beehiiv: Head to beehiiv.com and use code "MOZ" for 20% off your first three months.
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Intro
(00:21) Elon Musk's and Yann Lecun's Twitter exchange
(02:26) Institutional decay
(07:54) Activist campaign against Texas Instruments
(16:36) Sponsors: Babbel | beehiiv
(19:10) Poorly executed fraud from Getty investor
(27:41) What we can learn from the Google API documentation leak
(35:07) Apple's planned improvements for Siri
(40:12) Wrap
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Byrne’s writing: thediff.co
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Byrne, I like all your videos. I think you could have a pretty large audience, but you should look into getting a better microphone. I can't think of any popular podcast that doesn't have great audio quality.