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Federico Viticci

@viticci.macstories.net
16 posts
2026-01-27
Gave Codex links to the new MCP Apps SDK: blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/ 2026-0...  30 minutes later my custom Readwise Reader MCP (itself made with Codex) has a UI in Claude.  —  Not bad.  [images]
2026-01-27 View on X
The Verge

Anthropic rolls out a new extension to MCP to let users interact with apps directly inside the Claude chatbot, with support for Asana, Figma, Slack, and others

Anthropic's one step closer to having an everything app. … Anthropic's Claude got a bit livelier today thanks …

2026-01-25
An open-source AI agent running on my Mac mini is the most fun I've had with AI in a while.  —  Clawdbot by @steipete.me is an AI assistant that you can infinitely tweak.  Runs in any messaging app, has access to skills + shell, and it can improve itself.  —  My story:  —  www.macstories.net/stories/claw...
2026-01-25 View on X
MacStories

A look at Clawdbot, an open-source personal AI agent that runs locally on the user's computer and integrates with multiple LLMs and messaging services

For the past week or so, I've been working with a digital assistant that knows my name, my preferences for my morning routine …

2025-08-23
free idea for Apple execs:  —  new Siri has three personalities.  One is Claude, one is ChatGPT, the other is Gemini.  —  problem solved.  or perhaps you just built Perplexity 😅 [embedded post]
2025-08-23 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple is in talks with Google about using Gemini to power a revamped Siri; Google has started training a model that could run on Apple's servers

new Siri has three personalities.  One is Claude, one is ChatGPT, the other is Gemini.  —  problem solved.  or perhaps you just built Perplexity 😅 [embedded post] Cam / @camsavage0...

2025-07-08
pretty normal, totally non sociopathic behavior that Zuck's latest midlife crisis is literally buying people [embedded post]
2025-07-08 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Ruoming Pang, the head of Apple's foundation models team, is leaving to join Meta, which offered a package worth tens of millions of dollars per year

Ruoming Pang, a distinguished engineer and manager in charge of the company's Apple foundation models team, is departing, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

2025-06-19
Last week, I sat down with Craig Federighi for 30 minutes to talk about the iPad.  —  We covered a lot: the iPad's multitasking journey, being inspired by macOS, iPad criticisms over the years and...the essence of the iPad in 2025.  —  I'm proud of this one.  —  My story: www.macstories.net/stories/inte...
2025-06-19 View on X
MacStories

An interview with Apple SVP Craig Federighi on the journey to iPadOS' windowing system and menu bar, the iPad's essence as a “magical piece of glass”, and more

It's a cool, sunny morning at Apple Park as I'm walking my way along the iconic glass ring to meet with Apple's SVP …

2025-06-02
“A revamped version of its Shortcuts app, which today lets users create actions such as launching certain features within apps or playing a particular playlist.  The new version will let consumers create those actions using Apple Intelligence models.”  —  👀  —  www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
2025-06-02 View on X
Bloomberg

A look at Apple's AI plans for WWDC; sources say it is testing its 3B, 7B, 33B, and 150B models via an internal Playground tool, and will name macOS 26 as Tahoe

but 4 major Apple Intelligence updates are on the horizon Sam Cross / T3 : macOS 26 leaks ahead of WWDC - or at least its full name does Craig Donaldson / Pocket-lint : WWDC 2025 c...

2025-05-29
iOS and iPadOS 26: The MacStories Review  —  oh boy [embedded post]
2025-05-29 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple's next operating systems will be called iOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, and more, as it plans a rebrand with numbers based on the upcoming year

here's what your iPhone could do José Adorno / BGR : macOS 26 may drop support to these Intel Macs as Apple winds down transition Tsveta Ermenkova / PhoneArena : iOS 26: 7 new feat...

2025-05-19
🍿  —  “To meet expected European Union regulations, the company is now working on changing its operating systems so that, for the first time, users can switch from Siri as their default voice assistant to third-party options”  —  www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
2025-05-19 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources detail Apple's AI efforts, John Giannandrea's tenure, Craig Federighi's reservations to invest in generative AI, and its acquisitions, including Siri

Insiders say continued failure to get artificial intelligence right threatens everything from the iPhone's dominance to plans for robots and other futuristic products.

2025-05-03
WHAT [embedded post]
2025-05-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple is working with Anthropic for a new version of Xcode that will use Claude Sonnet to write, edit, and test code, with plans to roll out internally

The system is a new version of Xcode, Apple's programming software, that will integrate Anthropic's Claude Sonnet model, according to people with knowledge of the matter. … Dare Ob...

2025-04-08
Surprisingly absolutely no one, Meta - a company that doesn't even know how to spell “taste” - got caught fudging their Llama 4 benchmarks.  —  😂  —  www.theverge.com/meta/645012/ ...
2025-04-08 View on X
The Verge

LMArena says it is updating its leaderboard policies after a Llama 4 Maverick version, which Meta said in fine print is not public, secured the number two spot

With Llama 4, Meta fudged benchmarks to appear as though its new AI model is better than the competition.

2025-03-31
Obsidian vault with RAG + Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp. with reasoning = perfect memory with natural language search for *thousands* of my own articles, stored in Markdown locally 🤯 [image]
2025-03-31 View on X
9to5Google

Google says it is rolling out Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental to all Gemini users, after initially launching the model for Gemini Advanced subscribers on March 25

No Subscription Needed The Economic Times : Google rolls out experimental version of Gemini 2.5 Pro for free users The Hindu : Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro rolled out to all users days ...

2025-03-15
What a banger of a report from @markgurman.bsky.social on the Siri delays.  —  It seems to confirm:  — Apple showed a concept video last year  — There was in-fighting between Siri team and marketing  — They demoed the new Siri and worked 80% of the time  —  🍿 …
2025-03-15 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: an exec overseeing Siri told staff the delays were ugly, made worse by Apple publicly promoting the new features, and it's unclear when they will ship

Apple Inc.'s top executive overseeing its Siri virtual assistant told staff that delays to key features have been ugly and embarrassing …

2025-03-13
Word for word, cannot agree with this @gruber.foo story on Apple Intelligence enough.  —  Apple showed off a concept video last year, lied in commercials, and continues to promise something that doesn't exist.  —  Their plan worked out great eh?  —  daringfireball.net/2025/03/some...
2025-03-13 View on X
Daring Fireball

By previewing smarter Siri vaporware at WWDC and the iPhone 16 launch, Apple burned a reputation earned over decades for only promising actual working products

In the two decades I've been in this racket, I've never been angrier at myself for missing a story than I am about Apple's announcement …

2025-03-11
Now Siri can be both dumb *and* hot!  —  Who needs AI when you have a...  ✨ dramatic redesign ✨  —  www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
2025-03-11 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple preps a major interface revamp for iOS 19, iPadOS 19, and macOS 16, loosely based on visionOS, with a consistent design and simpler navigation

Apple Inc. is preparing one of the most dramatic software overhauls in the company's history, aiming to transform the interface of the iPhone …

2025-02-13
Great to see Apple TV finally arrive on Android.  It's always been odd to me that a service Apple has invested so much on wasn't available with a native app on the platform.  —  Details and some screenshots from my Android media tablet: www.macstories.net/news/apples- ...  [images]
2025-02-13 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple releases an Apple TV app for Android phones and tablets, limited to TV+, MLS Season Pass, and MLB Friday Night Baseball; the app doesn't support casting

The Apple TV app is finally making its way to Android users.  The app is now available in the Google Play Store for Android phones and tablets.

2024-12-18
In another App Store first, the Delta emulator has been updated with support for linking out to Patreon and connecting your membership directly.  —  Details: www.macstories.net/news/an-app- ...
2024-12-18 View on X
MacStories

Game emulator Delta adds an in-app link to pay outside of the App Store, via Patreon, likely the first US app to use Apple's External Purchase Link Entitlement

Details: www.macstories.net/news/an-app- ... Mastodon: John Voorhees / @johnvoorhees@mastodon.macstories.net : I love that Delta is closing out the year with another pioneering app...