Sept. 10, 2025

Reese Witherspoon’s AI Take, Builder.ai’s Flameout, and Instagram's iPad App

Reese Witherspoon’s AI Take, Builder.ai’s Flameout, and Instagram's iPad App

Comms pro Cristin Culver joins Meme Team to dissect Austin, TX's universally-dragged logo rollout, Reese Witherspoon’s shallow AI talking points (and how to master the PR art of bridging), and the Builder.ai collapse (aka why your ship-to-yap ratio matters). We also hit Instagram’s long-awaited iPad app, Threads’ watermarking, HBO’s latest rename spree, and Apple’s just-announced iPhone Air — with a through-line on hype vs. product and why social media is now entertainment first.


Chapters:

00:00: The new logo for Austin, TX; OpenAI's hiring platform; HBO

09:30: Reese Witherspoon's missed opportunity to discuss the future of AI and filmmaking

18:03: No seriously, THIS is why women should be using AI...

23:50: What went wrong at Builder.ai

35:30: Humane's outcome

38:39: Apple Vision Pro (and their content misses)

41:35: Instagram finally gets its own iPad app and here are the specs.

45:11: You can pin your own comments on your IG posts!

46:42: Threads' clever logo watermark on iPhone app screenshots

47:54: Apple's new iPhone Air announcement just dropped.


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