2024-12-24T16:41:48+0800

Nilay and David talk a bit about this week’s launch of the Verge subscription, plus what’s coming next. Then they talk about the streaming news of the week, and the ways streaming services are continuing to act like cable companies. Then Kylie Robison joins to talk about the lowering stakes for AGI, shipmas at OpenAI, and more. Finally, in the lighting round, it’s crypto and browsers and Intel. And more crypto. Further reading: 00:00 Intro 00:30 Verge Subscription Launch 12:56 Cable TV's Comeback and Streaming Wars 34:29 Artificial Intelligence: The AGI Debate 36:03 OpenAI's 12 Days of Shipmas 40:19 The Reality of AI Hallucinations 01:02:25 The Cloud Provider Showdown 01:04:08 OpenAI and Defense Contracts 01:05:09 Lockheed Martin's Game Boy 01:06:06 Lightning Round: Bitcoin, Browsers, and Threads Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX Follow on TikTok: http://bit.ly/42VeCVU The Vergecast Podcast: https://pod.link/430333725 Decoder with Nilay Patel: http://apple.co/3v29nDc More about our podcasts: https://www.theverge.com/podcasts Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv Wallpapers from The Verge: https://bit.ly/2xQXYJr Subscribe to The Vergecast on YouTube, new episodes on Tuesday and Friday: https://bit.ly/3I6nJtz If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may receive a commission without exerting any influence on editorial content. For more information about our ethics policy, visit: https://www.theverge.com/ethics-state...