“Grow up, Mr. President. Grow up, Brendan Carr.”

Square’s Willem Avé on AI automation, investing in crypto, and what it’s like working for Jack Dorsey.

The societal impacts team at Anthropic is a nine-person group studying the global effects of AI. Is it just for show, and how long can it survive?

IBM was early to AI and quantum, but Arvind still thinks the bets will pay off

Hey everyone, it's Nilay. It’s been great being back in the Decoder chair this fall, and we’ve got a bunch of great episodes coming up to round out the year. But the production team is off this week for the holiday, so today, we’re going to share this episode of The Gray Area with you. This time, host Sean Illing is talking to data scientist Hannah Ritchie — about climate science and how although the crisis is definitely real, it’s not all bad news. There are actually a lot of great indicators out there in the data that show real progress in limiting emissions and boosting clean energy. It’s a nuanced, hopeful take at a time when, admittedly, it kind of feels like all the news about everything is pretty doom and gloom. Links: We can have growth while fighting climate change | Vox The Grey Area | Apple Podcasts Clearing the Air | Hannah Ritchie Subscribe to The Verge to access the ad-free version of Decoder! Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright.  The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon’s lawsuit against Perplexity has blown the doors open on the great AI browser fight.

Jamie Simonoff, founder of Ring, won't let me call him the CEO. He says his title is and always has been 'chief inventor.' His mission with Ring is to make the world safer, and he has a pretty expansive view of what that means. He told The Verge last month he thought Ring could 'almost zero out crime' in some neighborhoods within a year or two. That's a big promise — and also potentially a very troubling one, as we face the erosion of privacy and a surveillance panopticon that only ever seems to expand. Read the full interview transcript on The Verge. Links:  Ring CEO: Cameras can almost ‘zero out crime’ within 12 months | The Verge Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door | The Washington Post Ring’s Search Party is on by default; should you opt out? | The Verge Ring now works with video surveillance company Flock | The Verge US spy agencies getting a one-stop shop to buy personal data | The Intercept Do Video Doorbells Really Prevent Crime? | Scientific American Ding Dong: How Ring went from Shark Tank Reject to Everyone’s Front Door | Amazon Subscribe to The Verge to access the ad-free version of Decoder! Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright.  The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Learn more about your ad choice

What the rise of data center company CoreWave tells us about the future of the AI industry.

The inventor of the World Wide Web on why he’s still optimistic about the future of the internet.

The system is broken. ChatGPT cheating is just a symptom.

Risher sees Lyft as a service company above all, but AI makes everything weird.

Enshittification' author Cory Doctorow on why things get worse, and how to fight back.

LexisNexis' Sean Fitzpatrick promises his AI won't get you in trouble with a judge.

CEO Mary Barry and new chief product officer Sterling Anderson on the company's plans for AI, autonomy, and EVs.

The head of the booking platform for doctors on competition and where AI belongs in healthcare.

The expiration of the $7,500 federal EV tax credit has US automakers scrambling.

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Imbue CEO Kanjun Qiu joins guest host Hayden Field to break down this week’s biggest AI news, and where the industry goes from here.

RJ Scaringe on not politicizing his company’s brand and dealing with tariffs, China, and the road to for R2.

Anthropic's David Hershey comes on Decoder to discuss Claude Sonnet 4.5 and the current landscape for agentic AI.