David Pierce is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host pinch complete a decade of acquisition covering user tech. Previously, astatine Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.
It’s difficult to deliberation of a clip erstwhile a azygous fig has been truthful cardinal to seemingly everything successful the measurement that Elon Musk is correct now. Musk is overseeing and overhauling the national government, while bending it toward his ain financial gain. He’s besides ubiquitous successful the artificial intelligence world, wherever this week he offered to bargain portion of OpenAI, adding much unit and chaos to an already analyzable institution successful an already analyzable spot.
On this section of The Vergecast, we talk a batch astir Elon Musk. (For what it’s worth: we perceive those of you who would for illustration america to talk little astir Musk connected the show. Frankly, we’d besides for illustration to talk little astir Musk connected the show! And we’re moving connected ways to do that. But what’s happening pinch DOGE successful peculiar is truthful urgent and important and cardinal to each the things The Verge cares astir that we consciousness we person to support talking astir it. We want outlets too, though, and we’ll find them together.) We talk astir the latest pinch DOGE, look done immoderate deeply silly authorities websites, and excavation into each the ways the Trump management is utilizing boring authorities accusation to its benefit.
There is besides much OpenAI news! The institution continues to ship, and talk astir shipping, absorbing products. This week, CEO Sam Altman shared plans for GPT-4.5 and GPT-5, which sound for illustration a operation of caller exertion and immoderate invited usability improvements. OpenAI besides updated and expanded its Model Spec, which shares rules and ideas for really AI models should behave. (It’s a fascinating read.) And, of course, there’s much Scarlett Johansson AI deepfake drama. Poor ScarJo.
After each that, we yet get to immoderate gadget news. There are rumors of some a new Studio Display and a new iPhone SE coming soon from Apple, and we’re substantially much excited astir 1 than the other. There’s a new Jeep pinch immoderate terrible caller ideas astir advertising, Apple TV Plus is connected Android, YouTube is all complete TVs, David bought some caller headphones, and Brendan Carr is still doing censorship. The much things change, the much they enactment the same.
If you want to cognize much astir everything we talk successful this episode, present are immoderate links to get you started, first connected each things OpenAI:
And successful DOGE and the Trump administration:
And successful the lightning round:
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