The Vergecast

Bluesky's rise and AI's fall

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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:

  • shop.theverge.com
  • Google announces the Pixel Fold
  • Everything happening on Bluesky, Twitter’s most chaotic successor
  • Bluesky is starting to feel like Twitter
  • Mozilla’s new Mozilla.Social Mastodon instance is an attempt to reinvent content moderation
  • ‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google with regrets and fears about his life’s work
  • White House rolls out plan to promote ethical AI
  • Snapchat is already testing sponsored links in its My AI chatbot
  • New ChatGPT Zillow plug-in rolls out to select users today
  • AI is being used to generate whole spam sites
  • AI offers new tools for making games, but developers worry about their jobs
  • 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
  • Microsoft’s Bing chatbot gets smarter with restaurant bookings, image results, and more
  • Andreessen Horowitz saw the future — but did the future leave it behind?
  • Now Gmail has blue verified checkmark icons too 
  • Google accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in

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