In this episode, Kris and Erik break down the September, 2025 Apple event. Apple launched a new iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, the iPhone Air, new Apple Watches (Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3), and AirPod Pro 3.

SHOW NOTES:

Watch the Sep 2025 Apple event

PCMag: You Probably Missed These 7 iPhone Announcements at the Apple Event

MacRumors: Apple Says iPhone Air is Another Step Towards ‘Singular Piece of Glass’

The Verge: The eight biggest announcements during Apple’s iPhone Air event

The Verge: Apple barely talked about AI at its big iPhone 17 event

CONTACT:

Website: examining.ca
X: @examiningpod
LinkedIn: ca.linkedin.com/company/examining

TEAM INFORMATION:

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
X: @egchristiansen

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca
X: @KrisHans

• (00:01:43) - iPhones
• (00:28:14) - Erik's take on the iPhone Air
• (00:36:38) - AirPod Pro 3
• (00:39:57) - Apple Watches

SHOW NOTES:

Bloomberg Law: Anthropic Judge Blasts Copyright Pact as “Nowhere Close to Done”

Reuters: Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Author Class Action

Tom’s Guide: Claude AI Will Start Training on Your Data Soon — Here’s How to Opt-Out Before the Deadline

Futurism: Sam Altman Says Dead Internet Theory Is Coming True

Wolfram Media: What Is ChatGPT Doing and Why Does It Work?

CONTACT:

Website: examining.ca
X: @examiningpod
LinkedIn: ca.linkedin.com/company/examining

TEAM INFORMATION:

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net
X: @egchristiansen

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: krishans.ca
X: @KrisHans

In this episode, Kris and Erik discuss AI Agents. They cover what they are, how they operate, and the pros and cons of having these agents roaming the Internet.

SOURCES

The Verge: AI agents are science fiction not yet ready for primetime

Microsoft: Copilot and AI Agents

OpenAI: Introducing ChatGPT Agent

CONTACT

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host Website
Website: krishans.ca

"AI Coding Tools Could Bring Us the 'One-Employee Unicorn'": Fast Company

"Chamath Palihapitiya tweet about not studying code": X (formerly Twitter)

"Interview with Ray Kurzweil": Intelligent Machines Podcast

"Microsoft Thinks AI Colleagues Are Coming Soon": Fast Company

"Your Politeness Could Be Costly for OpenAI": TechCrunch

"Adobe Introduces 'Created Without Generative AI' Label": Fast Company

"Not Made by AI Logo Pack": NotByAI.fyi

"How People Are Really Using Generative AI in 2025": Harvard Business Review (HBR)

"Infographic: How People Are Using Generative AI": HBR

"Studies Show AI Can Dull Your Thinking Skills—Here’s How It Can Also Sharpen Them": Fast Company

"GPT-4 Prompting Guide": OpenAI Cookbook

"A Practical Guide to Building AI Agents (PDF)": OpenAI

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host Website
Website: krishans.ca

(Show notes and timestamp images developed with help from ChatGPT)

Daring Fireball: https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino
HEY World: https://world.hey.com/dhh/age-is-a-problem-at-apple-f7ae6eca

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1d4h1h9/claude_versus_chatgpt/

IMDb (Buy Now documentary): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34350086/

RePebble: https://repebble.com/

CNET: https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/pebble-watch-returns-it-might-be-exactly-what-the-smartwatch-landscape-needs/

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host Website
Website: krishans.ca

(Show notes and timestamp images developed with help from ChatGPT)

Quantum Computing Breakthrough from Microsoft

• Microsoft News: Microsoft’s Majorana-1 Chip Carves New Path for Quantum Computing
• Nature: Microsoft’s Quantum Computing Bet: Topological Qubits Finally Arrive
• Popular Mechanics: Majorana-1 Topological Qubit Could Revolutionize Quantum Computing

ChatGPT 4.5 (For Pro Users)

• TechRadar: ChatGPT 4.5 is Here for Pro Users Now and Plus Users Next Week – and I Can’t Wait to Try It
• Reuters: OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-4.5 to Some Paying Users, Expand Access Next Week
• One Useful Thing: The End of Search, the Beginning of Research (Related analysis on AI-driven research)
• Our experience with deep research: Erik’s deep research question is still running after a couple of days.
• Inc: Microsoft Says Workers are Already Using AI to Lighten Workloads, at Risk to Their Own Brainpower

iPhone 16E (Assessment of Reviews)

• Wired: Apple iPhone 16E Review
• John Gruber: Daring Fireball’s Take on the iPhone 16E

Framework Desktop

• Polygon: Framework Desktop: Gaming Specs, Price, and Where to Buy
• The Verge: Framework Desktop Announcement – Price, Release Date, and Details

The End of Skype

• Microsoft: The Next Chapter – Moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams

CONTACT

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host
Website: erikchristiansen.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host Website
Website: krishans.ca

*Show notes and timestamp images developed with help from ChatGPT 4o

SHOW NOTES

• The Verge: How DeepSeek Crashed the AI Party

• The Wall Street Journal: Six Takeaways From a Monumental Week for AI

• Nature: How China Created AI Model DeepSeek and Shocked the World

• Fortune: Researchers Had a '100% Attack Success Rate' vs. DeepSeek

• Microsoft WorkLab: Research Proves Your Brain Needs Breaks

• TWiT.tv: Marc or Marx?

CONTACT

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host

Website: erikchristiansen.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host

Website: krishans.ca

News Articles

* Inc.: AI Isn’t Magic, and It Isn’t a Strategy Either
* Ars Technica: It’s Remarkably Easy to Inject New Medical Misinformation into LLMs
* Reuters: OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle to Invest $500 Billion in AI, Trump Says
* MobileSyrup: OpenAI's Operator Can Browse the Web and Perform Actions for You
* Daring Fireball: Siri Is Super Dumb and Getting Dumber

Tips
* Ars Technica: Home Microsoft 365 Plans Use Copilot AI Features as Pretext for a Price Hike
* Thurrott: Microsoft 365 Personal and Family Plans Get New Copilot Features and a Price Increase

Erik Christiansen, Co-Founder & Co-Host

Website: erikchristiansen.net

Kris Hans, Co-Founder & Co-Host Website

Website: krishans.ca