Decoder with Nilay Patel

The AI industry is at a major crossroads

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This is Hayden Field, senior AI reporter at The Verge and your Thursday episode guest host. It’s been a very big news week in AI, and a lot of it had to do with OpenAI, its DevDay in San Francisco this week, and the viral explosion of AI-generated video thanks to the company’s new Sora app. 

So I brought in Kanjun Qiu, CEO of AI startup Imbue and a close watcher of the industry, to break down what’s really happening, why it’s happening, and the societal implications of it all.

Links:

  • All of the updates from OpenAI DevDay 2025 | The Verge
  • OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama | The Verge
  • I’ve fallen into Sora’s slippery slop | The Verge
  • Sora 2 users are having fun with Sam Altman’s face | The Verge
  • OpenAI will let developers build apps that work inside ChatGPT | The Verge
  • OpenAI wants ChatGPT to be your future operating system | Wired
  • Sora 2 watermark removers flood the web | 404 Media
  • What the arrival of AI-fabricated video means for us | NYT
  • Recruiters use AI to scan résumés — applicants are trying to trick it | NYT
  • Employers are buried in AI-generated résumés | NYT

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    Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

    Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. This episode was edited by Xander Adams.

    The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

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