Decoder

OpenAI can’t afford another lawsuit, especially not with a company like Apple.

The Artificial State author explains how counting everything breaks society — and how college grads booing AI might save us all.

Bart Butler on encryption, child safety, and why there’s no such thing as a backdoor for only the good guys.

Xinzhou Wu on autonomy, Chinese cars, and if we really need lidar.

Business Insider’s Peter Kafka on the Comcast split, and why the dream of content plus pipes keeps failing.

Ali Berman and Raina Penchansky, the co-heads of UTA’s Creators division, on helping human creators in the age of AI.

The CEO of Digitas on why overpromising with AI is a dangerous path for marketers.

After taking over Weber, Blackstone founder Roger Dahle’s new job is integrating his griddle empire with what used to be his biggest competitor.

Patreon’s Jack Conte on the future of the creator economy and why he doesn’t “want to make better cigarettes.”

With the Mythos debacle, Anthropic gets its first taste of the Trump admin’s new AI regulation regime.

The head of the top US autonomous drone maker on China, mass surveillance, and why he thinks drones can make us safer.

Mustafa Suleyman on automation, OpenAI, and why it’s ‘dangerous’ to call AI ‘alive.’

Elon destroyed Twitter, but somehow still won as he prepares to take SpaceX public in what could be the biggest IPO ever.

Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. on human creativity in the age of AI

Wassym Bensaid on why AI-powered voice control should be the future interface of car software.

How Google’s CEO is reshaping the company — and the internet.

We sent Liz Lopatto to Musk v. Altman and all we got was this episode of Decoder

The soon-to-be-former CEO on AI, social media, and the end of an era

Brendan Ballou discusses his new book on the rise, and hopefully fall, of forced arbitration.

The journalist and author of I Am Not a Robot on her year living with AI and starting a new media company.

Uber’s CEO on his plan to make Uber an everything app and take over travel.

Nilay joins as the guest to discuss our AI coverage, controversial episodes, and what it takes to succeed or fail on Decoder.

UL CEO Jennifer Scanlon on why safety still matters in the AI era

Software brain is changing the world, but most people still aren’t buying.

Why Melanie Perkins is confident Canva can take on the big AI players.

The head of OpenAI has a reputation for deception. The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow on why that matters.

CEO Sarah Personette’s big bet on the place where influencers and reporters might meet

It’s a make-or-break year for Anthropic and OpenAI, which are facing more pressure than ever to make more cash than they burn.

The head of the networking giant on energy, infrastructure, and why AI is writing Cisco code.

Why nuclear options like age limits and repealing Section 230 won’t make social media safer.

Why Todd McKinnon thinks it’s ‘naive’ not to prepare for the SaaSpocalypse

The Justice Department’s surprise Live Nation settlement raises big questions about the future of federal antitrust.

Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra says the intention of Grammarly’s expert review feature was not to impersonate real-life journalists. But he wouldn’t defend it.

To take on Netflix and YouTube, Paramount has to break the Warner Bros. curse.

How Yahoo escaped its Verizon death spiral and became profitable again.

Techdirt’s Mike Masnick on the history of the NSA and mass surveillance in America, and why Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon should worry us.

Chris Cocks on AI, KPop Demon Hunters, and why Harry Potter still matters.