{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Stewart Squared","title":"Episode #98: What Apple Gets That the Rest of Tech Doesn't: Trust Scales","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0e13b23c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3444,"description":"In this episode of the Stewart Squared podcast, host Stewart Alsop sits down with his father, guest Stewart Alsop II, to tackle a wide range of tech topics from AI chip design to cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The conversation covers OpenAI's Jalapeno chip (trained by AI in just nine months), the emerging etched.com platform, and Cloudflare's recent power move against Google, while Stewart shares his experience building real-time games on video calls and experimenting with ESP32 hardware for robotic projects. The discussion also dives into Meta's controversial KYC (know your customer) requirements that got Stewart kicked off Facebook and Instagram, Apple's evolution from hardware company to trusted computing partner under Tim Cook's leadership, the security implications of Chinese-manufactured ESP32 chips, and why hardware-focused companies struggle to adopt AI-driven development practices like using LLMs to eliminate software bugs—all wrapped up with an AI fact-check of their previous episode's claims.\nTimestamps\n00:00 Stewart welcomes listeners and mentions his father's return from travels while he's been enjoying winter in Buenos Aires, setting up discussion topics including etched.com, OpenAI's Jalapeno chip training, and Cloudflare's competitive moves against Google\n05:00 Discussion shifts to Meta's controversial KYC implementation and Supreme Court decisions allowing Facebook to require identity verification, with Stewart expressing strong opposition to Meta's practices and considering abandoning their platforms except WhatsApp\n10:00 Conversation explores Mark Zuckerberg's personality and Meta's toxic culture, comparing their approach to Apple's user-protective stance and examining how tech companies handle personal data and privacy differently across their platforms\n15:00 Deep dive into Apple's historical positioning as user-friendly company under Steve Jobs and Tim Cook, discussing their discipline in product management and how they've maintained consumer...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QlC48R1fevmul8S_Y7L1P2WUMnEKqwNUR7TBsNqFHaE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84NDMx/NWQ0MWQ1Y2NkNjhk/ZDI1NWE0MTUyN2Q5/Zjg0NS53ZWJw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}