The Verge’s Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Sarah Jeong discuss Bluesky gaining popularity and why it may be Twitter’s most chaotic successor.
Also: is AI going too far too soon?
Further reading:
Google announces the Pixel Fold: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23711353/google-pixel-fold-announced
Everything happening on Bluesky, Twitter’s most chaotic successor: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23708385/bluesky-weather-report-moderation-app-store
Bluesky is starting to feel like Twitter: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/29/23701500/bluesky-twitter-replacement
Mozilla’s new Mozilla.Social Mastodon instance is an attempt to reinvent content moderation: https://www.theverge.com/23710406/mozilla-social-mastodon-fediverse-moderation
‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google with regrets and fears about his life’s work: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/1/23706311/hinton-godfather-of-ai-threats-fears-warnings
White House rolls out plan to promote ethical AI: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23710533/google-microsoft-openai-white-house-ethical-ai-artificial-intelligence
Snapchat is already testing sponsored links in its My AI chatbot: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/3/23709388/snapchat-my-ai-sponsored-links-test-chatbot
New ChatGPT Zillow plug-in rolls out to select users today: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23708792/zillow-chat-gpt-plugin-alpha-release
AI is being used to generate whole spam sites: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23707788/ai-spam-content-farm-misinformation-reports-newsguard
AI offers new tools for making games, but developers worry about their jobs: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23700619/ai-game-development-jobs-gdc-2023
Writers are striking and AI rights are on the table: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23708017/writers-are-striking-and-ai-rights-are-on-the-table
Microsoft is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge, and IT admins are angry: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/3/23709297/microsoft-edge-force-outlook-teams-web-links-open
Microsoft’s Bing chatbot gets smarter with restaurant bookings, image results, and more: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23710022/microsoft-bing-chatbot-ai-image-video-chat-history-features
Andreessen Horowitz saw the future — but did the future leave it behind?: https://www.theverge.com/23697708/andreessen-horowitz-a16z-investing-tech
Now Gmail has blue verified checkmark icons too: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/3/23709734/gmail-verified-checkmark-trusted-senders-bimi-dmarc
Google accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/3/23709318/google-accounts-passkey-support-password-2fa-fido-security-phishing
00:00 – Intro
00:02:00 – Google Pixel Fold
00:10:25 – Bluesky feels like Twitter
00:38:08 – Mozilla new Mastodon instance
00:42:55 – News in AI this week
01:01:07 – Microsoft is forcing Edge and Bing Updates
01:08:33 – Lightning round
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1st comment. long time vergecast listener, love the new videos and theme on the site, that microblog UI
Nice! Vid at the same time as the audio!
Loved my chocolates 😂
Do you use an iPhone but want a foldable? Would you give up iMessage for one?
Paul
For one final time, thank you for dropping the video early morning 😊
Is this the correct forum to beg for Bluesky invites?
My youtube has a join date of 2007 and a link to a dead blog spot site, I am a shoe in for the new hotness twitter. I can post butts if needed.
I know you guys like to be negative that's the show fun and all…
But…
On the fold discussion
I've had the fold 3 for over a year and this phone is awesome closed and open
I get asked all the time what phone is that and how how i like it and they always say they want one
But…
The price is the issue ….
Not the form factor….
I got mine on sale for $799 that's regular phone price and so worth it
But i would never pay $1200 for a phone…
Thats MacBook pro on sale prices
Once the price comes down folks are going to be all over folds
I hope i can catch the pixel fold on sale would love the Samsung hardware with stock Android
Snip Snip
tell dieter a random youtube commenter misses him 🥲
David's reaction at 52:10 is why I love video Vergecast.
The reference of old people in Italy leaning all day over construction fences to comment the work is actually true. Can’t wait to join the club myself. 🇮🇹
Sad how much the verge is trying to push a Twitter alternative.
We get it guys, you are throwing a tantrum about the changes at Twitter.
i’ve been listening to The Vergecast via podcasts for several months now. it’s weird seeing this in video form.