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The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.
It’s a huge week in AI, with OpenAI releasing GPT-OSS and GPT-5, Grok getting deeply problematic again with its “spicy” video generator, and Tim Cook admitting that Apple may need to cut some deals. Then we talk the age gating of the internet and how you might soon need an ID card to get just about anywhere online. Finally, the Lightning Round gets re-rebranded. Adi Robertson and Alex Heath join the show to discuss.
Further reading:
GPT-5 is being released to all ChatGPT users
OpenAI releases a free GPT model that can run on your laptop
Why open-source AI became an American national priority
Mark Zuckerberg promises you can trust him with superintelligent AI
xAI’s new Grok image and video generator has a ‘spicy’ mode
Grok’s ‘spicy’ video setting instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes
I tested Grok’s Valentine sex chatbot and it (mostly) behaved
Tim Cook says Apple ‘must’ figure out AI and ‘will make the investment to do it’
Tim Cook says Apple is ‘open to’ AI acquisitions
Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet
The UK is now age-gating the internet
The UK is slogging through an online age-gate apocalyps
The UK’s new age-gating rules are easy to bypass
Reddit and Discord’s UK age verification can be defeated by Death Stranding’s photo mode
Reddit rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with new rules
Five EU states to test age verification app to protect children
The EU approach to age verification
Commission presents guidelines and age verification app prototype for a safer online space for children
Porn age-gating is the future of the internet, thanks to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questions
Florida Sues Huge Porn Sites Including XVideos and Bang Bros Over Age Verification Law
“Over the last two and a half years, 19 states – home to more than a third of Americans – have passed laws that require pornography websites to confirm a user’s age by checking a government-issued ID or scanning their face, among other methods.”
Google is using AI age checks to lock down user accounts
Today's Supreme Court Decision on Age Verification Tramples Free Speech and Undermines Privacy
Age Verification Harms Users of All Ages
Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So
Zero Knowledge Proofs Alone Are Not a Digital ID Solution to Protecting User Privacy
Age Verification in the European Union: The Commission's Age Verification App
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine contracts
Epic just won its Google lawsuit again, and Android may never be the same
Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing
Instagram adds a reposts feed and rips off Snap Maps
OpenAI charts crime
OpenAI gets caught vibe graphing
Nintendo raises the Switch 1 price from $299 to $339
Apple says Trump’s tariffs are adding another $1 billion to its costs
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The Vergecast
The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.