Decoder

Amazon’s lawsuit against Perplexity has blown the doors open on the great AI browser fight.

Ring’s ‘chief inventor’ on AI, lost dogs, and why cameras aren’t dystopian.

The Nvidia-backed data center company is part of a growing ecosystem of so-called neoclouds propping up the AI industry and its insatiable hunger for compute.

The inventor of the World Wide Web on why he’s still optimistic about the future of the internet.

The system is broken. ChatGPT cheating is just a symptom.

Risher sees Lyft as a service company above all, but AI makes everything weird.

Enshittification author Cory Doctorow on why things get worse, and how to fight back.

Sean Fitzpatrick promises his AI won’t get you in trouble with a judge.

GM CEO Mary Barra and new Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson on the company’s plans for AI, autonomy, and EVs.

Oliver Kharraz on competition, healthcare, and where AI really belongs in medicine.

Guest host Jake Kastrenakes and transportation editor Andy Hawkins discuss the death of the federal EV tax credit and what it means for US automakers.

Imbue CEO Kanjun Qiu comes on the show to discuss this week’s OpenAI news and whether the AI industry will trend toward closed or open ecosystems.

RJ Scaringe on not politicizing Rivian and how he’s dealing with tariffs, China, and prepping for R2.

Anthropic’s David Hershey joins the show to discuss Claude Sonnet 4.5 and the current landscape for agentic AI.

Guest host Joanna Stern and the head of Ford discuss Apple CarPlay Ultra, competing with BYD, and what car she should lease next.

AI firms are now working with weapons makers and the military. Safety expert Heidy Khlaaf breaks down what that means.

“Never break trois.”

New York Times reporter Kashmir Hill on AI psychosis, user delusions, and teen safety.

Guest host Hank Green and Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi go deep on digital marketing, AI, and the influencer-creator debate.

The OpenAI chairman, now working on AI agents at his new startup Sierra, on why he’s all in on AI.

The CEO of Khan Academy and guest host Hank Green on online education and what AI assistants can really do for learning.

Why the EyesOnOpenAI coalition is pushing the AI giant to help humanity instead of chase profits.

Why Amazon AGI Labs chief David Luan thinks solving agents is the next ‘S-curve’ for AI.

Steph “kepano” Ango on why productivity tools need community more than they need AI.

Nick Turley says OpenAI wants to be able to ‘unequivocally endorse’ ChatGPT to ‘a struggling family member.’

The head of Notion on productivity, LEGO, and what he learned from Kyoto’s craft tradition.

The head of GitHub says coding with AI is ‘here to stay.’

Anysphere CEO Michael Truell and guest host Casey Newton discuss Cursor and the future of programming.

The Verge’s Hayden Field and I chat about how AI researcher became the most lucrative tech job of all time.

Robin AI CEO Richard Robinson on hallucinations, facts versus truth, and how lawyers can use generative AI today.

Captions CEO Gaurav Misra on his company’s alarming deepfake report and what to watch out for as the tech advances.

Guest host Jon Fortt and The Nerd Reich author Gil Duran discuss the Dark Enlightenment and the rise of tech authoritarianism.

Aravind Srinivas on Perplexity’s new Comet web browser, the AI talent frenzy, and a future IPO.

Cassie Kozyrkov, former chief decision scientist at Google, on how AI influences decision-making.

Meaning founder and former Verge reporter Ellis Hamburger on the ethical vacuum in AI and what founders aren’t saying publicly.