The Vergecast

The swaggy AI Pope and Apple headset rumors

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss AI image generators getting better, Apple WWDC 2023 rumors, and the other big stories in tech this week.

Further reading:

  • The swagged-out pope is an AI fake — and an early glimpse of a new reality
  • Another hurdle for AI image generators: unicycles
  • It’s so hard to be worried about AI when the shit is so funny.
  • AI-generated video is still in its “demonic phase.”
  • Elon Musk and top AI researchers call for pause on ‘giant AI experiments’
  • UK rejects idea of dedicated AI regulator.
  • The US government is gearing up for an AI antitrust fight
  • FTC should stop OpenAI from launching new GPT models, says AI policy group
  • Apple’s WWDC 2023 kicks off on June 5th
  • Apple staff reportedly express doubts about mixed-reality headset months ahead of launch
  • Apple Pay Later is finally launching
  • The ugly economics behind Apple’s new Pay Later system 
  • Apple Music Classical is now available from the App Store
  • Disney just laid off the guy it bought Marvel from... but that’s probably a good thing
  • Elon Musk is now the most-followed person on Twitter
  • Twitter is secretly boosting Elon Musk, Dril, and MrBeast for some reason 
  • Google’s ADT partnership finally has a new home security product to show for it
  • Sony’s new ZV-E1 camera is designed to help your vlogs suck less
  • The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet
  • Can Mastodon seize the moment from Twitter?


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