Searching For The First Great Ai App

ChatGPT launched astir 2 years and 2 weeks ago. Now, arsenic we adjacent nan extremity of 2024, nan AI title is... well, wherever is it, exactly? It’s overmuch competitory than ever, there’s overmuch money being poured into caller models and products than ever, and it’s not astatine each clear erstwhile aliases moreover whether we’re going to get products that make it each worthwhile.

On this conception of The Vergecast, we talk astir a batch of different AI news, each connected a azygous inclination line: nan tech manufacture trying desperately to build a slayer app for AI. (Ideally, for them, too 1 that makes money.) The Verge’s Richard Lawler joins america arsenic we talk Google Gemini 2.0, Project Astra and Project Mariner, and everything different Google is doing to put AI successful nan products you already usage each day. We too talk done nan caller Android XR announcement, and Google’s renewed committedness to making headsets and smart glasses that work. It’s each an AI story, nary matter really you look astatine it.

After that... overmuch AI! We talk astir nan motorboat and near-immediate disappearance of OpenAI’s Sora, what’s caller successful iOS 18.2, Reddit’s clever-but-primitive caller Answers feature, and more.

Finally, successful nan lightning round, it’s a smorgasbord of tech news. YouTube is large connected TVs; Instagram is testing a measurement for you to proceedings your posts; nan TikTok prohibition is coming, but a discarded sounds for illustration nan answer; Sonos erstwhile again made a awesome soundbar; and what nan heck happened to Cruise? The year’s almost over, but nan news keeps coming.

If you want to cognize overmuch astir everything we talk successful this episode, coming are immoderate links to get you started, opening pinch Google:

And successful different AI news:

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