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AI and Design · June 16 · 30 min

Siri AI, A New Interaction-Focused AI Lab, Four Design AI Jobs, Perplexity Computer Research

A year ago the consensus was that AI would hurt Apple. Last week at WWDC they showed up with a real Siri AI, the privacy story nobody else can match, and the $$$ hardware to run it. The "AI for the rest of us" play might just work. Dan and Nik dig into what Apple actually shipped, why App Intents matter for designers, and the gut-punch reality that your year-old iPhone won't run it. Also this episode: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is building a design-led AI lab, and nobody can quite figure out what it's selling. Sarah Gibbons maps the four design jobs AI has created so far. And Perplexity's research with Harvard Business School claims agents can cut task time by up to 92% — with enough caveats to fill a show. LINKS Secret AI Lab News https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-04/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-plans-to-start-a-new-ai-company The Four Design Jobs AI Created (So Far) https://www.nngroup.com/articles/design-jobs-ai-created/ Perplexity/HBS Research https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.07489 Thinking Machines Demo Video https://youtu.be/A12AVongNN4?si=ODvSCf9IKTzwBiiU

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A year ago the consensus was that AI would hurt Apple. Last week at WWDC they showed up with a real Siri AI, the privacy story nobody else can match, and the $$$ hardware to run it. The "AI for the rest of us" play might just work. Dan and Nik dig into what Apple actually shipped, why App Intents matter for designers, and the gut-punch reality that your year-old iPhone won't run it.

Also this episode: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is building a design-led AI lab, and nobody can quite figure out what it's selling. Sarah Gibbons maps the four design jobs AI has created so far. And Perplexity's research with Harvard Business School claims agents can cut task time by up to 92% — with enough caveats to fill a show.

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Secret AI Lab News
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-04/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-plans-to-start-a-new-ai-company

The Four Design Jobs AI Created (So Far)
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/design-jobs-ai-created/

Perplexity/HBS Research
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.07489

Thinking Machines Demo Video
https://youtu.be/A12AVongNN4?si=ODvSCf9IKTzwBiiU

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