Apple's Genmoji are AI disappointments

At long last, iPhone users have access to Apple's AI image generation tools, Genmoji (for customized emoji) and Image Playground. But based on our testing, these Apple Intelligence features aren't fully baked. In this episode, Devindra and Cherlynn discuss why these AI tools aren't very useful and dive into some of Apple's most egregious image generation fails. iOS 18.2 AI image generation arrives half baked. Genmoji are fun, but weird – 1:13OpenAI’s Sora video generation model was finally released – 37:17GM kills its Cruise robotaxi project – 45:43Google’s Gemini 2.0 is now available for preview – 49:51Tiktok is running out of options to avoid a ban in the U.S. – 57:36Working on – 1:00:04Pop culture picks – 1:02:20