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AI and politics, politics and AI. That’s the story of 2025. On this episode, The Verge’s Kylie Robison joins the show to talk about ChatGPT’s big new features, Operator and deep research, both of which promise to make the chatbot more useful and more autonomous. To access either one costs $200 a month — is it worth it? After that, The Verge’s Liz Lopatto catches us up on the latest from Elon Musk and Doge, including why Musk is doing this thing, this way. Liz also makes the case that this isn’t going to slow down anytime soon. Finally, Nilay Patel helps us answer a question from the Vergecast Hotline, and tells us how he felt about the Super Bowl’s 4K stream. #Vergecast Podcast #Technology

0:00 Intro
1:57 ChatGPT’s big new features
35:12 Elon Musk and DOGE
1:01:32 Vergecast hotline

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