Humane, Rabbit, Brilliant, Meta, and countless other companies are just about to launch AI-first gadgets. AI hardware may not be as big as the smartphone, but it’s going to be big.
Jon Stewart raging against AI BS is exactly as good as you’d hope. So many clips of people saying high-minded things about AI and productivity, so many real jobs being lost to not-very-good AI systems. I mean, who’s not excited about being a Types Question Guy?
It’s brutal, if you think about it, like, as a human.
Due to a series of vacations and illnesses this week, we decided that instead of bringing you a Vergecast today, we’d play you an episode of Power User, the new show from our friend Taylor Lorenz and our friends at the Vox Media Podcast Network. Taylor and I chatted for a few minutes about podcasts, TikTok bans, and more, and then we rolled the tape on her first episode.
We’ll be back next week, and hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did. Rock and roll.
To be fair, co-founder Kevin Systrom seems to think it’s still probably going to die. But he told TechCrunch that he and Mike Krieger are “exploring all possible routes for it going forward.” The Instagram co-founders did some really clever stuff with Artifact, before seemingly getting a little ahead of themselves with social features — maybe going back to basics will keep Artifact going. I hope so!
