April 2, 2025 • 9 mins
Tech giants are pushing boundaries with AI in healthcare, meeting participation, and augmented reality wearables. These advancements signal a fundamental shift in how we interact with technology in our daily lives.
• Apple developing Project Mulberry, an AI health companion aimed at replicating primary care physician functions through iPhones and Apple Watches
• Otter.ai has launched a voice assistant that actively participates in meetings by speaking and responding to questions in real-time
• Meta revealed details about upcoming $1,000 smart glasses featuring voice control, real-time translation, and AR overlays
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Speaker 1 (00:17):
Welcome back, architects.
Today is April the 2nd and thisis your work week news update.
Today we're going to discussApple's push into AI-powered
healthcare, otterai's newvoice-enabled meeting assistant,
which is interesting, andMeta's upgraded smart glasses.
So let's get started so up.
(00:41):
First, apple has announced thatit is working on a project,
mulberry, which is an AIassistant or kind of a health
companion for users, and soApple is now developing.
This project is kind of thesecretive health initiative
aimed at personalizing healthcare through your iPhones and
(01:03):
your Apple Watches.
The project, reportedly, iskind of seeking to replicate
some of the basic functions of aprimary care physician, such as
monitoring symptoms, offeringadvice, tracking long-term
health patterns, so on and soforth.
And Apple is really planning touse really LLMs we say this all
(01:25):
the time large language models,which is a type of AI model.
So Apple is planning to usethese LLMs on their devices to
ensure privacy and speed, butreally wanting to offer this
kind of health service in asimilar way like Siri.
You know, if you say hey, siri,and all the things that that
can do and tell you it's lookingto have the same type of
(01:47):
functionality, basically as aprivate healthcare physician at
your fingertips, and this reallykind of aligns with Apple's
broader health ambitions thatthey've been seeking over the
last several years.
They've gotten into EKGreadings, fall detection, sleep
tracking, so on and so forth.
(02:09):
I mean, they have really jumpinto the health space beyond
just kind of your activity ringsand your steps and your heart
rate, all those those types ofthings.
So this is really going toposition them as a major player
in this digital health careecosystem.
So if they're successful and Ibelieve that they will be this
will kind of disrupt the youknow, $5 trillion health
(02:33):
healthcare industry that existstoday by empowering users, in my
opinion, to detect and reallyact on any medical issues a lot
earlier than they currently aretoday.
So next up, Otterai haslaunched a voice that talks back
.
We mentioned this a while backon a previous episode.
(02:56):
It has finally been released.
So now AutoAI is not justtranscribing meetings, it is
actively participating inmeetings, speaking up in
meetings, summarizing, answeringquestions in real time.
I felt the need to kind of bringthis particular topic up again
because I had a chance to try itout.
It is about as freaky as youwould think it would be, where
(03:18):
you can sit in a meeting and say, hey, otter, what have we been
talking about?
Tell me a little bit more aboutmy company, give me some ideas
based on everything that you'rehearing, so on and so forth, and
it will literally spit it backto you.
No different than Siri or Alexaor anything like that.
So it is.
It is truly.
(03:39):
I can see how it can be helpful, but this, this definitely
takes us another step in thedirection, and we've we've said
this even a year ago.
We will, I believe, get to apoint where the actual human,
the person that's supposed to beattending the meetings, might
not be necessarily attending themeetings.
I am going to send my AIautobot to the meeting with all
(04:01):
of the functionality, all of thememory, all of the data that
you would need to answerquestions right there on the
spot.
So this is a major evolution,in my mind, from just the
passive note taking tools thatgo on in meetings.
Now this is really transformedinto a much more active AI
collaborator in this hybrid andremote work environment that we
(04:24):
live in.
And so, when AI can now jumpinto meetings real-time, provide
insights, take notes, createcalendar invites, just do all
the different things in responseto what is being said in a
meeting, that is getting us very, very close to not needing the
assistant to do all those thingswhile we are in the meeting.
(04:45):
So this is Otter's push toreally reflect a broader trend
towards intelligent agents thatperform all of the tasks that we
need from a human.
And that's just not Otter.
This is going to be Zoom.
This is going to be MicrosoftTeams.
This is going to be any one ofthe tools that we use to meet
with people online.
You're going to start seeingthem move more and more into
(05:07):
this direction.
Microsoft Copilot is anotherone.
So just be on the lookout forthis.
The next time you're on a Zoomcall, you see the little.
It's almost like a littleflashing blue bubble, yeah.
And again, if you say hey,otter, and talk to it, it will
absolutely talk back.
Try it out when you get achance.
And last but not least, the Metahas revealed new details,
(05:29):
updated details, about itsupcoming $1,000 smart glasses.
So anybody that owns theRay-Bans I think those are about
$350.
But these are new, upcoming$1,000 smart glasses from Meta
and they really revealed andshowcased some of the enhanced
features that will be used forthese glasses for everyday use.
(05:51):
Really.
Some of these features includevoice control search, real-time
translation.
Here we go.
We're getting into do I need toread?
So anybody that has listened toprevious podcasts before that
ability to look at foreignlanguages or look at other
things and have it translated onthe spot.
We're getting closer and closerto that point.
(06:11):
But we have augmented realityoverlays for directions, so you
have your glasses on and kind ofoverlay what you're seeing,
tell you to turn right, turnleft.
You can see your messages,contextual information, so if
you're looking at a building,maybe being able to tell you
some more about that particularbuilding.
All of this powered by Meta'sAI.
(06:32):
So these glasses will alsointegrate into Meta's large
language model, the Lama 3.
And this is again just anothermajor leap towards these kind of
conversational wearables.
When you think about yourAirPods for those that have
those you think about thesesmart glasses.
Any of these things will startallowing us to get closer and
(06:55):
closer to having a differentkind of communication, right,
having a different kind of ofinteraction.
As we are moving about theworld, people aren't going to
even be seeing the same things.
We can be sitting in the, inthe restaurant, together.
One person has glasses on, theother one does not.
They are seeing thingsdifferently.
They People aren't going toeven be seeing the same things.
We can be sitting in therestaurant together.
One person has glasses on, theother one does not.
(07:16):
They are seeing thingsdifferently, they are reading
things differently.
I think we are going to getincreasingly closer and closer
to an environment where it'shalf reality, half augmented
reality, literally.
And Meta is actually positioningthese glasses as kind of like
that bridge between smartphonesand these future full augmented
reality headsets.
And for those that don't quiteknow what we mean when we say
(07:36):
augmented reality, you havevirtual reality, which is
something that's going to beover your eyes.
It's going to replaceeverything that you are looking
at with some kind of virtualenvironment.
That's virtual reality.
Augmented reality is basically,you see what's in front of you,
but there's other things that'saugmented on top of that.
The example with the directionsyou can actually be walking
(08:01):
down the street, but you see thearrow that you know is not
physically there, but you see itthere, and that'd be augmented
reality.
And so they're reallypositioning these glasses to
kind of be that bridge betweensmartphones and these kind of
full augmented reality headsetsand really again blending the
social ecosystem with just theutility and the productivity
(08:24):
functions that we need on aday-to-day basis.
So this is still kind of priceyat $1,000 for a pair of glasses
, but this really is a signaltowards Meta's vision for these
kind of practical, sociallyacceptable because that's
another thing, right?
Nobody wants to walk aroundwith a huge headset that looks
like headgear on your head allthe time, but just to be able to
(08:46):
have an actual, acceptableaugmented reality pair of
glasses.
It's really a direct challengeto Apple's Vision Pro and then
the previous version of Meta'sRay-Ban glasses as well.
And that is really it for thisweek's Workweek News Update.
Please don't forget to followand like us on Spotify, apple
(09:07):
Podcasts or wherever you listento your podcast.
And until next time, keep upthe scratch work, keep building.
Bye.
Welcome back, architects.
Today is April the 2nd and thisis your work week news update.
Today we're going to discussApple's push into AI-powered
healthcare, otterai's newvoice-enabled meeting assistant,
which is interesting, andMeta's upgraded smart glasses.
So let's get started so up.
(00:41):
First, apple has announced thatit is working on a project,
mulberry, which is an AIassistant or kind of a health
companion for users, and soApple is now developing.
This project is kind of thesecretive health initiative
aimed at personalizing healthcare through your iPhones and
(01:03):
your Apple Watches.
The project, reportedly, iskind of seeking to replicate
some of the basic functions of aprimary care physician, such as
monitoring symptoms, offeringadvice, tracking long-term
health patterns, so on and soforth.
And Apple is really planning touse really LLMs we say this all
(01:25):
the time large language models,which is a type of AI model.
So Apple is planning to usethese LLMs on their devices to
ensure privacy and speed, butreally wanting to offer this
kind of health service in asimilar way like Siri.
You know, if you say hey, siri,and all the things that that
can do and tell you it's lookingto have the same type of
(01:47):
functionality, basically as aprivate healthcare physician at
your fingertips, and this reallykind of aligns with Apple's
broader health ambitions thatthey've been seeking over the
last several years.
They've gotten into EKGreadings, fall detection, sleep
tracking, so on and so forth.
(02:09):
I mean, they have really jumpinto the health space beyond
just kind of your activity ringsand your steps and your heart
rate, all those those types ofthings.
So this is really going toposition them as a major player
in this digital health careecosystem.
So if they're successful and Ibelieve that they will be this
will kind of disrupt the youknow, $5 trillion health
(02:33):
healthcare industry that existstoday by empowering users, in my
opinion, to detect and reallyact on any medical issues a lot
earlier than they currently aretoday.
So next up, Otterai haslaunched a voice that talks back
.
We mentioned this a while backon a previous episode.
(02:56):
It has finally been released.
So now AutoAI is not justtranscribing meetings, it is
actively participating inmeetings, speaking up in
meetings, summarizing, answeringquestions in real time.
I felt the need to kind of bringthis particular topic up again
because I had a chance to try itout.
It is about as freaky as youwould think it would be, where
(03:18):
you can sit in a meeting and say, hey, otter, what have we been
talking about?
Tell me a little bit more aboutmy company, give me some ideas
based on everything that you'rehearing, so on and so forth, and
it will literally spit it backto you.
No different than Siri or Alexaor anything like that.
So it is.
It is truly.
(03:39):
I can see how it can be helpful, but this, this definitely
takes us another step in thedirection, and we've we've said
this even a year ago.
We will, I believe, get to apoint where the actual human,
the person that's supposed to beattending the meetings, might
not be necessarily attending themeetings.
I am going to send my AIautobot to the meeting with all
(04:01):
of the functionality, all of thememory, all of the data that
you would need to answerquestions right there on the
spot.
So this is a major evolution,in my mind, from just the
passive note taking tools thatgo on in meetings.
Now this is really transformedinto a much more active AI
collaborator in this hybrid andremote work environment that we
(04:24):
live in.
And so, when AI can now jumpinto meetings real-time, provide
insights, take notes, createcalendar invites, just do all
the different things in responseto what is being said in a
meeting, that is getting us very, very close to not needing the
assistant to do all those thingswhile we are in the meeting.
(04:45):
So this is Otter's push toreally reflect a broader trend
towards intelligent agents thatperform all of the tasks that we
need from a human.
And that's just not Otter.
This is going to be Zoom.
This is going to be MicrosoftTeams.
This is going to be any one ofthe tools that we use to meet
with people online.
You're going to start seeingthem move more and more into
(05:07):
this direction.
Microsoft Copilot is anotherone.
So just be on the lookout forthis.
The next time you're on a Zoomcall, you see the little.
It's almost like a littleflashing blue bubble, yeah.
And again, if you say hey,otter, and talk to it, it will
absolutely talk back.
Try it out when you get achance.
And last but not least, the Metahas revealed new details,
(05:29):
updated details, about itsupcoming $1,000 smart glasses.
So anybody that owns theRay-Bans I think those are about
$350.
But these are new, upcoming$1,000 smart glasses from Meta
and they really revealed andshowcased some of the enhanced
features that will be used forthese glasses for everyday use.
(05:51):
Really.
Some of these features includevoice control search, real-time
translation.
Here we go.
We're getting into do I need toread?
So anybody that has listened toprevious podcasts before that
ability to look at foreignlanguages or look at other
things and have it translated onthe spot.
We're getting closer and closerto that point.
(06:11):
But we have augmented realityoverlays for directions, so you
have your glasses on and kind ofoverlay what you're seeing,
tell you to turn right, turnleft.
You can see your messages,contextual information, so if
you're looking at a building,maybe being able to tell you
some more about that particularbuilding.
All of this powered by Meta'sAI.
(06:32):
So these glasses will alsointegrate into Meta's large
language model, the Lama 3.
And this is again just anothermajor leap towards these kind of
conversational wearables.
When you think about yourAirPods for those that have
those you think about thesesmart glasses.
Any of these things will startallowing us to get closer and
(06:55):
closer to having a differentkind of communication, right,
having a different kind of ofinteraction.
As we are moving about theworld, people aren't going to
even be seeing the same things.
We can be sitting in the, inthe restaurant, together.
One person has glasses on, theother one does not.
They are seeing thingsdifferently.
They People aren't going toeven be seeing the same things.
We can be sitting in therestaurant together.
One person has glasses on, theother one does not.
(07:16):
They are seeing thingsdifferently, they are reading
things differently.
I think we are going to getincreasingly closer and closer
to an environment where it'shalf reality, half augmented
reality, literally.
And Meta is actually positioningthese glasses as kind of like
that bridge between smartphonesand these future full augmented
reality headsets.
And for those that don't quiteknow what we mean when we say
(07:36):
augmented reality, you havevirtual reality, which is
something that's going to beover your eyes.
It's going to replaceeverything that you are looking
at with some kind of virtualenvironment.
That's virtual reality.
Augmented reality is basically,you see what's in front of you,
but there's other things that'saugmented on top of that.
The example with the directionsyou can actually be walking
(08:01):
down the street, but you see thearrow that you know is not
physically there, but you see itthere, and that'd be augmented
reality.
And so they're reallypositioning these glasses to
kind of be that bridge betweensmartphones and these kind of
full augmented reality headsetsand really again blending the
social ecosystem with just theutility and the productivity
(08:24):
functions that we need on aday-to-day basis.
So this is still kind of priceyat $1,000 for a pair of glasses
, but this really is a signaltowards Meta's vision for these
kind of practical, sociallyacceptable because that's
another thing, right?
Nobody wants to walk aroundwith a huge headset that looks
like headgear on your head allthe time, but just to be able to
(08:46):
have an actual, acceptableaugmented reality pair of
glasses.
It's really a direct challengeto Apple's Vision Pro and then
the previous version of Meta'sRay-Ban glasses as well.
And that is really it for thisweek's Workweek News Update.
Please don't forget to followand like us on Spotify, apple
(09:07):
Podcasts or wherever you listento your podcast.
And until next time, keep upthe scratch work, keep building.
Bye.
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