Clippy’s back because Microsoft can’t stop building things to use your computer for you. And does Max even want to be a good streaming app? We spent this Friday’s Vergecast debating exactly that.
Say what you will about Mark Zuckerberg, dude is a committer. He’s spending billions on the metaverse, he’s still trying to make Reels a thing, and he’s by all accounts pretty good at jiu-jitsu. This interview with Vijay Hanumantha Raju, an opponent from Zuck’s first tournament, is wonderful:
I was going for a lot of takedowns, single legs and double legs. And that’s something that they wanted him to do as well. So the first round he didn’t do it and the second one they kept saying, “Okay, fake the take-down!” But I was like, okay, I can hear that.
An AI that helps you use your computer? What a concept! Also, do you think Max is doomed, or is it the streaming service to beat? Everything old is new again this week.
Seriously, it’s like, why doesn’t everyone just make really great, beautiful, complicated, glorious games like Tears of the Kingdom? That and other super sophisticated questions, today on the show. (Plus a fun chat with Senator Ed Markey.)
Using AI to write emails for you. Dystopian? Useful? Who knows! Gmail and Outlook are both all-in, though. So is Spark: it just released +AI, an in-app assistant that can generate or edit emails for you.
Here’s my question: if I pick “Friendly tone,” does it just add an exclamation point to the end of all my sentences? Because I already do that too much!
