Podcast Episode Details

The next next thing in AI and AR

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Apple's Vision Pro team reportedly refocusing on a cheaper headset, Meta launching a new "Wearables" organization, a new AI company startup from former OpenAI chief scientist, and a whole lot more tech news.

Further reading:

• Apple’s new hands-free unlocking feature won’t work with existing smart locks
• Apple’s fancy new CarPlay will only work wirelessly
• Android’s AirTag competitors are off to a poor start.
• This universal remote wants to control your smart home sans hub
• The Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptops
• The Beats Solo Buds have a great look and an even better price
• Xreal’s new Beam Pro is an Android tablet designed to work with your AR glasses
• Apple’s Vision Pro team is reportedly focused on building a cheaper headset
• Meta forms new Wearables group and lays off some employees
• OpenAI’s former chief scientist is starting a new AI company
• Perplexity continues to piss off publishers.
• An AI video tool just launched, and it’s already copying Disney’s IP
• Anthropic has a fast new AI model — and a clever new way to interact with chatbots
• AIs are coming for social networks
• TikTok ads may soon contain AI avatars of your favorite creators
• McDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for now
• Nvidia overtakes Microsoft as the world’s most valuable company
• US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel
• Tech CEOs are hot now, so workers are hiring $500-an-hour fashion consultants

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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago