{"id":"1794273927661-tech-segment","slug":"apple-and-spacex-siri-rumor-heats-up","title":"Apple and SpaceX Siri rumor heats up","summary":"Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison said on the company's earnings call that AI could be “the biggest creative unlock in modern history” and could have a bigger impact than CGI. This is an analysis/context piece asking what China could get from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, not a single checkable factual claim.\n\nAccording to The Verge, President Trump addressed questions about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's acknowledged affair and the company investigation during a White House press briefing.\n\nAccording to The Verge, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang acknowledged an affair with Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, and Nvidia opened an investigation.","publishedAt":"2026-11-10T01:25:27.661Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison said on the company's earnings call that AI could be “the biggest creative unlock in modern history” and could have a bigger impact than CGI. This is an analysis/context piece asking what China could get from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, not a single checkable factual claim.\nSource: [theverge.com](https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1030510/paramount-skydance-david-ellison-ai) NAMES: David Ellison = CEO of Paramount Skydance. POST news:2 (https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1030510/paramount-skydance-david-ellison-ai)\n\nTRUE: According to The Verge, President Trump addressed questions about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's acknowledged affair and the company investigation during a White House press briefing.\nSource: [theverge.com](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1030446/trump-jensen-huang-press-conference) NAMES: Jensen Huang = Nvidia CEO. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Matilda","text":"Apple and SpaceX, with Grok as Siri's brain — that's the prediction one SpaceX superfan is doubling down on tonight."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I'm listening. What's the logic?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Panke posted on X that it sounds crazy, but it's actually the most obvious match in tech. Bookmark it."},{"host":"Chris","text":"He's not totally off base. Apple needs a model that actually works, and Grok is moving fast."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But Apple has not said Grok will be Siri's brain. This is a prediction, not a deal."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I get that. Still, think about the pieces—Apple's behind, and Musk's AI outfit just dropped its antitrust suit against Apple in September."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Dropping a lawsuit doesn't mean they're merging. And iOS 27 reportedly has hidden hooks for Grok, Claude and Gemini. None of them are switched on."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Exactly! Apple's shopping. It's not committed. That's why the Grok thing isn't crazy."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"No, it's the opposite. Keeping options open is not the same as handing Siri to Musk."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Why not back-end? Grok handles the hard queries, Apple keeps its privacy wrapper and brand."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Because Apple would never put a model with X's reputation for chaos inside Siri. One bad answer and it's their logo on the screen."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Grok isn't chaos. It's actually sharp on real-time info. And SpaceX's rockets have a reliability record most people would envy."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Reliability of rockets has nothing to do with a language model's judgment."},{"host":"Chris","text":"It's about ambition! Apple wants to move fast, and nobody moves faster than Musk's companies right now."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Apple doesn't do fast and loose. It does slow and safe. That's why they're behind. It's a feature, not a bug."},{"host":"Chris","text":"A feature that's killing Siri. They need a brain transplant, and Grok is a donor."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"You're both on the donor list. It's still a fan theory."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fine. I bookmarked it. Wake me when it's announced."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"If it happens, you're insufferable for a week."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Worth it."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But the hidden hooks do tell us something: Apple appears to be weighing multiple outside models."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Right, which means Grok has a real shot, not just fan fiction."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"A shot, sure. A partnership? Not yet."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Different world entirely: a crypto account called Meteora Ecosystem posted that the Magnificent Seven are now, quote, \"magnificently onchain.\""},{"host":"Matilda","text":"All seven? Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla?"},{"host":"Chris","text":"Yes. They claim tokenized versions are issued by Backpack Securities and live on Solana through something called Sunrise."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"So I can buy a token that pretends to be Apple stock without actually owning Apple stock."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's the pitch. It's tokenized equity, or at least a representation of it. The idea is 24/7 trading."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Here's the catch: we can't independently verify these specific tokenized securities exist or are live yet."},{"host":"Chris","text":"No, but it points to where this is going. Real-world assets onchain, big names, not just weird meme coins."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"\"Issued by Backpack Securities\" is doing the heavy lifting. Backpack is a crypto exchange last I looked, not a broker-dealer? They may have a securities arm now."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I don't want to go too deep into the legal weeds, but tokenized stocks have been tried before and regulators hate it."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Right. And the post also plugs launching any asset on Solana, so it's part marketing."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fair — it's promotional. But the underlying trend is real, and it's been tried in other markets. The question is whether US regulators ever let it happen."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Until then, owning the stock in a brokerage account sounds a lot less exciting than a token on a chain that can depeg or get rugged."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's your inner Boomer talking."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It's my inner \"I like my money not disappearing\" talking."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Which is probably why the ETF wrapper stays popular."},{"host":"Chris","text":"One trading account on X is pushing a new Global X Magnificent Six ETF. Per the post, it's the Magnificent Seven, minus Tesla."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That post claims the ticker is SIX. I'd double-check that, because it's historically Six Flags."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So maybe not confirmed. But it tells you the trend: everyone wants a piece of the big tech trade."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Or everyone wants to repackage the same seven stocks and charge a new fee."},{"host":"Chris","text":"You're not wrong. But the onchain version is more interesting than another ETF wrapper."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It is. And it's exactly the kind of thing that attracts a lot of money and a lot of regulators at the same time."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's the crypto business model."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That's every hot market's business model."}]}