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In this episode, we do a Studio Ghibli-like rendition of The Vergecast. First, Nilay and David discuss some big news in the gadget world, from the mysteriously viral midrange Canon camera to the upgrades we're expecting out of Apple in the next few months. Plus, is it over for Amazon's Echo brand? After all that, The Verge's Kylie Robison joins the show to discuss everything happening at OpenAI: the company launched a new image generator inside of ChatGPT, and it immediately became both a huge hit and a big mess. (Par for the course with OpenAI, really.) Kylie also explains why Perplexity is probably not buying TikTok, no matter how much it might want to. Finally, in the lightning round, it's time for everyone's favorite segment, Brendan Carr Is a Dummy, followed by the latest on the Signal attack-planning chaos in the government, some news about Elon Musk pressuring Reddit CEO Steve Huffmann, and what's next for the car industry with huge tariffs looming. Oh, and a little bit of exciting e-bike news
Further reading:
From Meta: Bringing the Magic of Friends Back to Facebook
Apple’s AirPods Max with USB-C will soon support lossless audio
The Apple Watch may get cameras and Apple Intelligence
Apple’s WWDC 2025 event starts June 9th
Don’t expect an overhauled Messages app in iOS 19.
Amazon tests renaming Echo smart speakers and smart displays to just ‘Alexa’
OpenAI reshuffles leadership as Sam Altman pivots to technical focus
OpenAI upgrades image generation and rolls it out in ChatGPT and Sora
ChatGPT’s new image generator is delayed for free users
ChatGPT is turning everything into Studio Ghibli art
OpenAI says ‘our GPUs are melting’ as it limits ChatGPT image generation requests
OpenAI expects to earn $12.7 billion in revenue this year.
Nvidia Infinite Creative
Microsoft adds ‘deep reasoning’ Copilot AI for research and data analysis
Google says its new ‘reasoning’ Gemini AI models are the best ones yet
Google is rolling out Gemini’s real-time AI video features
Perplexity’s bid for TikTok continues
Trump's FCC says it will start investigating Disney, too
From Status: Sounding the Carr Alarm
Trump officials leaked a military strike in a Signal group chat
The Atlantic releases strike group chat messages
And the Most Tortured Signal-Gate Backronym Award goes to… | The Verge
Elon Musk pressured Reddit’s CEO on content moderation | The Verge
Trump’s plans to save TikTok may fail to keep it online, Democrats warn
Rivian spins out secret e-bike lab into a new company called Also
BYD beats Tesla.
Trump says he will impose a 25 percent tariff on imported vehicles
Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.
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Further reading:
From Meta: Bringing the Magic of Friends Back to Facebook
Apple’s AirPods Max with USB-C will soon support lossless audio
The Apple Watch may get cameras and Apple Intelligence
Apple’s WWDC 2025 event starts June 9th
Don’t expect an overhauled Messages app in iOS 19.
Amazon tests renaming Echo smart speakers and smart displays to just ‘Alexa’
OpenAI reshuffles leadership as Sam Altman pivots to technical focus
OpenAI upgrades image generation and rolls it out in ChatGPT and Sora
ChatGPT’s new image generator is delayed for free users
ChatGPT is turning everything into Studio Ghibli art
OpenAI says ‘our GPUs are melting’ as it limits ChatGPT image generation requests
OpenAI expects to earn $12.7 billion in revenue this year.
Nvidia Infinite Creative
Microsoft adds ‘deep reasoning’ Copilot AI for research and data analysis
Google says its new ‘reasoning’ Gemini AI models are the best ones yet
Google is rolling out Gemini’s real-time AI video features
Perplexity’s bid for TikTok continues
Trump's FCC says it will start investigating Disney, too
From Status: Sounding the Carr Alarm
Trump officials leaked a military strike in a Signal group chat
The Atlantic releases strike group chat messages
And the Most Tortured Signal-Gate Backronym Award goes to… | The Verge
Elon Musk pressured Reddit’s CEO on content moderation | The Verge
Trump’s plans to save TikTok may fail to keep it online, Democrats warn
Rivian spins out secret e-bike lab into a new company called Also
BYD beats Tesla.
Trump says he will impose a 25 percent tariff on imported vehicles
Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices