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Send us a text!Send us a voicemail!This week: Jony Ive’s new best friend, Sam Altman, bought his secretive startup for $6.5 billion! What are they working on? Also: The next big steps for Apple Intelligence and Siri.This episode supported by:Listeners like you. Your support helps us fund CultCast Off-Topic, a new weekly podcast of bonus content available for everyone; and helps us secure the future of the podcast. You also get access to The CultClub Discord, where you can chat with us all week long, give us show topics, and even end up on the show. Support The CultCast at support.thecultcast.com — OR at CultOf9to5MacRumors.comEasily create a beautiful website all by yourself, at Squarespace.com/CultCast. Use offer code CultCast at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.This week’s stories:Jony Ive, Sam Altman tease mysterious prototype as OpenAI buys ioAs OpenAI buys io, honchos Sam Altman and Jony Ive vaguely tease a mystery prototype in a video and webpage announcement.New detail