In this episode, we do a Studio Ghibli-like rendition of The Vergecast. First, Nilay and David discuss some big news in the gadget world, from the mysteriously viral midrange Canon camera to the upgrades we're expecting out of Apple in the next few months. Plus, is it over for Amazon's Echo brand? After all that, The Verge's Kylie Robison joins the show to discuss everything happening at OpenAI: the company launched a new image generator inside of ChatGPT, and it immediately became both a huge hit and a big mess. (Par for the course with OpenAI, really.) Kylie also explains why Perplexity is probably not buying TikTok, no matter how much it might want to. Finally, in the lightning round, it's time for everyone's favorite segment, Brendan Carr Is a Dummy, followed by the latest on the Signal attack-planning chaos in the government, some news about Elon Musk pressuring Reddit CEO Steve Huffmann, and what's next for the car industry with huge tariffs looming. Oh, and a little bit of exciting e-bike news. #Vergecast #Podcast #Technology
0:00 Intro
4:36 Why is the Canon G7X Mark III going viral
12:54 Facebook’s new Friends-only feed
24:33 AirPods Max lossless audio
28:43 Apple Watch may get cameras and Apple Intelligence
35:20 WWDC announced
39:04 Alexa brand
44:14 The Verge's Kylie Robison on everything happening at OpenAI
1:22:30 Lightning round
1:24:22 Brendan Carr Is a Dummy
1:32:00 Signal attack-planning chaos
1:40:07 Elon Musk and Reddit
1:44:00 TikTok ban
1:48:59 G
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