Ben&#39;s Daily Update on Friday and Apple&#39;s argument appealing the order in Epic v. Apple, the risks facing Apple as they&#39;ve continued to fight these battles the past several years, and questions for the future as the present gets increasingly messy. At the end: Meta&#39;s plans for AI business agents, an emailer asks whether Meta&#39;s message today means Facebook failed yesterday, and a proposal for AI officiating in the NBA is soundly rejected.

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