Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’ ↗

Last year, Sam Altman invited author Dave Eggers to give a talk to around 200 OpenAI staffers. The man has written countless novels, screenplays, pieces of journalism, started McSweeney's, and founded multiple schools and nonprofits that su…

Kimi: Threat or menace? ↗

Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about "full AI communism."

The apps, gadgets, and tools every reader needs ↗

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 136, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope your neighborhood isn't as smoky as mine, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer ho…

Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out ↗

Neil Rimer, the venture capitalist who co-founded Index Ventures, predicts the historic wealth AI is generating in Silicon Valley will have to be redistributed, voluntarily or involuntarily.

Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs ↗

From AI workflows to battery life and security, here's what it's really like to live with Vertu's luxury foldable every day.

Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI’s favorite second act ↗

Databricks has remade its image into an AI company and has published research on the cost savings of open weight AI models for coding.

The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’ ↗

If every meeting, watercooler conversation, and date gets transcribed and summarized, who's actually reading any of it?

Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard ↗

Agility is opening a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California.

AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market ↗

India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy.

TikTok is testing an AI likeness detection tool ↗

TikTok is starting to test an opt-in tool that scans for AI likenesses and lets creators report them to the company, as spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra. The tool is initially being tested with "some" US creators, TikTok US s…

How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans ↗

Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple empl…

Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI ↗

Apple is suing OpenAI. The complaint is readable and intense, as these things often are, though many experts seem to think many of the allegations are just the ways things are done. So what does Apple really want here, and why is it picking…