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Nilay’s back! And you can listen to The Vergecast with no ads, if you’re a Verge subscriber! Big week, really. Nilay and David start the show by talking about ads, podcasts, platforms, and subscriptions. Then they talk a bunch about Apple’s new M5-powered MacBook, iPad, and Vision Pro, and whether a chip bump is worth getting excited about. After that, Nilay reflects on a summer of using AI products, and explains why you can tell the whole story of this generation of AI just by talking about the smart home. Finally, in the lightning round, the hosts talk about AI song covers, Apple TV, TiVo, Roku, Cybertrucks, and the exploding Pixel 10 Pro Fold. #Vergecast #Podcast #Technology
0:00 Nilay Returns!
03:02 Tech Upgrades and Smart Home Adventures
10:59 Ad-Free Podcasts and Subscription Insights
18:45 Apple’s New Product Announcements
32:47 The Future of Augmented Reality
34:21 Technological Hurdles in AR Development
35:19 Concerns About Privacy and Content Moderation
40:11 The AI Bubble and Financial Implications
42:10 Limitations of LLMs in Smart Home Assistants
45:50 Challenges in AI and Smart Home Integration
48:32 The Reality of AI in Consumer Products
50:05 The Disconnect Between AI Hype and Reality
56:35 The Struggle of Major Tech Companies with AI
01:04:02 User Frustrations with AI and Smart Home Devices
01:07:07 The Future of AI in Everyday Life
01:09:01 OpenAI’s Guardrails and Mature Content
01:09:41 Sam Altman’s Clarification on X
01:10:30 AI Girlfriends and the Sticky Business
01:13:26 The Slippery Slope of Content Moderation
01:14:34 AI-Generated Content and Its Implications
01:17:18 The Lightning Round
01:18:29 AI-Generated Music and Cultural Appropriation
01:23:13 Streaming Services and Branding Decisions
01:27:25 The End of TiVo and TV Hardware Innovations
01:32:11 Tesla Cybertruck Sales and Controversies
01:34:35 Pixel 10 Pro Fold Drama
01:39:20 Conclusion and Upcoming Episodes
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