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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss the Tesla Cybertruck event, the latest with OpenAI leadership, and what Elon Musk and Bob Iger said at Dealbook Summit 2023.

Getting close — but not too close — to the Tesla Cybertruck

Tesla Cybertruck delivery event: Elon Musk hands over the first trucks to customers

Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’

Sam Altman is back, so what’s next for OpenAI and ChatGPT?


Interview: Sam Altman on being fired and rehired by OpenAI 


ChatGPT is winning the future — but what future is that? 

Ikea debuts a trio of affordable smart home sensors

DealBook Summit 2023: Elon Musk, Bob Iger, and more

How to find your 2023 Spotify Wrapped


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Today on the flagship podcast of multi-drone camera setups:
03:19 - The Verge's David Pierce chats with Planet Earth III producer Alex Walters and director Theo Webb about the gear used to make the latest nature documentary series.
30:13  - Netflix's Pat Flemming joins the show to discuss how Netflix figures out what to show when you open the app, and how to keep you coming back.
1:20:29 -The Verge's publisher Helen Havlak and editor-in-chief Nilay Patel join the show to answer this week's hotline question.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel and Alex Heath join David Pierce after a long, winding weekend reporting on the dramatic shakeup at OpenAI, still in progress.
Further reading:

Turmoil at OpenAI: after firing Sam Altman, what's next for the creators of ChatGPT?

Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI

OpenAI’s new CEO is Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear

OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO

Emmett Shear named new CEO of OpenAI by board

Hundreds of OpenAI employees threaten to resign and join Microsoft


Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 


How ChatGPT Fractured OpenAI - The Atlantic


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In episode three of our video game miniseries, The Verge's David Pierce and Polygon's Russ Frushtick and Chris Plante discuss the state of the industry's blockbuster games like Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Fortnite, and others — and what they signal for the future of gaming.

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple announcing it will support RCS next year, AI news that came out of Microsoft Ignite, YouTube's new policy on deepfakes, and much more.
Further reading:

Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024

Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage

Meta will fight the EU over regulating Messenger

Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event

Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT

Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs 

Microsoft Copilot Studio lets anyone build custom AI copilots

Microsoft is finally making custom chips — and they’re all about AI 

YouTube is going to start cracking down on AI clones of musicians

Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music

Nothing is bringing iMessage to its Android phone 


On 'Chinese knockoffs' and why Leica works with Xiaomi


Taylor Swift fans used record amounts of data during the Eras Tour in North America 

PlayStation Portal impressions: hands-on with Sony’s remote play handheld for PS5


Opal's second camera is the Tadpole, a tiny webcam for laptops 

The first OLED Roku TV is here after a long, long wait

Sonos teases a major new product coming next year


Sonos fixes its Dolby Atmos loud pop issue after years of complaints 


Taylor Swift fans used record amounts of data during the Eras Tour in North America 


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Today on the flagship podcast of machine learning-based recommendation systems:
03:31 - The Verge’s David Pierce chats with Spotify’s co-president and chief product officer Gustav Söderström about recommendations, audiobooks, app design, what Spotify wants to be, and whether it’s possible to do it all well. 
Spotify - The Verge

44:08 - Alex Cranz joins the show to discuss a bunch of recent streaming news, including the plan to combine Disney Plus and Hulu. 
Streaming - The Verge

1:10:28 - Chris Welch joins the show to help answer this week’s Vergecast Hotline question about mp3 players. 

The Mighty — an iPod shuffle for Spotify — finally arrives for $85

bemighty.com


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