The Vergecast

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Nilay, Alex, and David are joined by Wall Street Journal columnist Joanna Stern to talk about this year’s iPhone – and Joannabot, the AI chatbot Joanna made to help you make buying decisions. They also answer some questions about the new phones as Apple gets ready to ship them. They also talk about Snap’s new Spectacles, the future of YouTube communities, Instagram teens, and AI social networks.

Further reading:

  • Our iPhone 16 Review, Brought To You By a Joanna Stern AI Chatbot
  • Snap releases new Spectacles for AR developers
  • Snapchat’s AI selfie feature puts your face in personalized ads — here’s how to turn it off
  • Snap announces “Simple Snapchat” redesign to compete with TikTok
  • Evan Spiegel explains why Snap is betting on Spectacles 
  • Meta extends its Ray-Ban smart glasses deal beyond 2030 
  • YouTube’s new Hype feature is a way to promote and discover smaller creators
  • YouTube integrates AI for creators through Veo and the Inspiration tab
  • YouTube Communities let fans and viewers chat and post with creators 
  • YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads
  • YouTube is adding ‘seasons’ to make your favorite channel more like Netflix
  • SocialAI: we tried the Twitter clone where no other humans are allowed
  • Lionsgate signs deal to train AI model on its movies and shows


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