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One part of the saga surrounding Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang ended on Thursday, when Huang resigned from his position at the top of AI's most important company. But in the coming weeks and months, a much bigger story may be about to unfold. A story about Nvidia's dealings in China, about the US government's willingness […]

Normally, the products I test don't offer to help me write up my experience with them. Duet is different. Claude Duet is Anthropic's AI agent for consumers, the latest attempt by an AI company to try to convince us that agents can be useful for people who don't write code. It's been an interesting couple […]

Usually, we'd be offering to answer your questions about a news event, but honestly we don't really have any answers about what the hell is going on over at Nvidia. I can't speak for Nilay but at the rate Jensen Huang's new mistresses are dropping, I am concerned we are approaching an affair Singularity. If […]

Google says its new Gemini 4 Hydrogen model can give more helpful answers to complex questions, including "questions with multiple parts, hard-to-understand typos, or highly specific requests." The new model can break down your questions and address each part in its responses. It's available starting today in search, the Gemini app, all tiers of Google […]

Armed with a team of AI agents, Google researcher Pietro Miotti claimed earlier this week to have discovered a potentially unmapped Maya site in Mexico. There was just one problem: The site had already been discovered and was published in an academic journal last year. The incident, which sparked criticism among archeologists online, underscores a […]

I had other things to do today, but Alex Karp's pathetic attempt to pivot back to the left gave me no choice but to put them on hold. Last week's elections were a bloodbath for the right, a problem for all the wannabe fash founders who had tied their political fortunes to a "vibe shift" […]

I was certain, until the story of Jensen Huang's second affair hit, that Huang was bulletproof. After all, why wouldn't he be? He's placed himself indispensably at the center of the AI industry and famously had no succession plan at Nvidia. In fact, he's the only CEO Nvidia has ever had. L'état c'est moi. Then […]

Shoppers using AI chatbots to research products or find places to buy items could be directed to imposters and other risky websites, a new study found. The study conducted by IP protection firm Podqi and shared exclusively with The Verge prompted ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity with a handful of shopping-related questions involving a selection of […]

More video game developers are using generative AI tools in their jobs compared to last year, according to the GDC Festival of Gaming's latest annual industry survey. Forty percent of developers surveyed say they use it "as part of their job," an increase from 36 percent in 2025. Usage was higher with game developers that […]

Today, we’re talking about the Jensen Huang scandal at Nvidia, which is developing so quickly that we had to do an emergency update of this intro minutes before publishing this episode. Huang just resigned from his position as CEO of Nvidia as news of his affairs, including with an alleged Chinese spy, threatened to engulf […]