# Apple's AI Problem, "Save the Shire," and Caterpillar Crushes 4/30/26

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Podcast: [The Exchange](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-exchange-431205)
Published: 2026-04-30T18:43:12+00:00
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The iPhone is booming, but can Apple fix its AI problem? Oppenheimer's "one AI to rule them all." Plus, how AI could touch off a new cycle for an old industrial.

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