Nick Statt
Listen to Mina Hsiang revisit her time on the “surge” team that fixed HealthCare.gov.
Decoder
Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas – and other problems. Verge Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policy makers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future. Subscribe here!
Ten years after healthcare.gov, the fed’s tech consultancy wants you to help with the next big thing.
Nilay Patel
What’s a qubit? Are quantum computers useful yet? And how wrong was Ant-Man, anyway?
Nilay Patel
The co-founder of website builder Wix is embracing generative AI, and he’s not too worried that it might destroy the business models of the web.
Nilay Patel
As cars become computers on wheels, the former BlackBerry and Dyson executive is approaching Volvo’s EV transformation with a consumer electronics mindset.
Nilay Patel
Richard Lawler
Barack Obama on AI, free speech, and the future of the internet.
In a sitdown with Verge EIC Nilay Patel on Decoder, the 44th president discussed Joe Biden’s recently-signed executive order about AI, why Obama disagrees with the idea that social networks are a “common carrier,” and which iPhone apps he uses the most, now that he’s no longer president and he can use an iPhone.
The former president joined me on Decoder to discuss AI regulation, the First Amendment, and of course, what apps he has on his homescreen.
Nilay Patel
Nilay Patel
Barack Obama is on Decoder next week.
The 44th President just posted his AI reading list and let it slip that he and I chatted about the challenges of regulating AI — and he recommended our episode on free speech and social networks with Larry Lessig as well. Coming on Tuesday — subscribe now so you don’t miss it.
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The publisher behind the songwriting copyrights to some of the most popular music ever recorded doesn’t think AI spells doom for the industry.
Nilay Patel
After 30 years teaching law, the internet policy legend is as worried as you’d think about AI and TikTok — and he has surprising thoughts about balancing free speech with protecting democracy.
Nilay Patel
Richard Lawler
Is it too late to protect our privacy?
Kashmir Hill, author of the book Your Face Belongs to Us and “not a privacy nihilist,” spoke to Nilay on Decoder about whether or not we can do anything about the rise of a facial recognition-enabled dystopian world.
New York Times journalist Kashmir Hill comes on Decoder to discuss her new book, Your Face Belongs to Us, and what the spread of facial recognition technology means for the future of privacy.
Nilay Patel
AI is relatively easy. Working in China? That’s harder.
Nilay Patel and Alex Heath
The Rivian founder kicked off last month’s Code Conference with a conversation about supply chain challenges, the company’s Amazon deal, and whether the R1T will compete with the Cybertruck.
Nilay Patel
Getty’s entire brand is built on authenticity. CEO Craig Peters sat down with us at Code to talk about how the company is dealing with AI and disinformation.
Nilay Patel
Microsoft’s Kevin Scott sat down with us at Code to talk about Bing’s competition with Google, the race to acquire and develop high-end GPUs, and how art can survive in the age of AI.
Nilay Patel
Monarch Tractor’s Praveen Penmetsa has a grand vision for agriculture, and it includes autonomous electric smart tractors powered by AI.
Nilay Patel
At this year’s Code Conference, the CEO of one of the world’s largest computer chip companies discusses competing with Nvidia’s leading GPU, AI regulation, and the global supply chain.
Nilay Patel
In a rare interview, Meta’s CEO dives into where AI is going next, the new Quest 3 headset, and his ongoing rivalry with Elon Musk.
Alex Heath and Nilay Patel
It’s been a rocky and chaotic decade — and now digital media is on the brink of yet another existential crisis thanks to generative AI.
Nilay Patel
In the 1980s, NASA wanted space to become a booming business — and the first six women astronauts were meant to help get it off the ground.
Nilay Patel
How do you define what it means to be you in the all-digital 21st century — and how should systems protect that?
Nilay Patel
AWS has been around for nearly all the big computing transformations of the 21st century so far. Selipsky’s not worried about the next one.
Nilay Patel
Squarespace has lived through the eras of domain squatting, SEO keywords, and social algorithms and is now launching AI tools. Here’s what’s next for the 20-year-old company.
Nilay Patel
Google invented a lot of core AI technology, and now the company’s turning to Demis to get back in front of the AI race for AI breakthroughs.
Nilay Patel
Nilay Patel and Alex Heath
Nilay Patel
Nilay Patel
This week’s Decoder on private equity in America really touched a nerve.
I usually get a few emails about every episode of Decoder — I really do read them all! — but the response to this week’s episode with Brenden Ballou on the influence of private equity companies on businesses of all kinds has been fascinating, since it connects a wonky financial idea to real experiences so many people have had at work. There’s a 300+ comments thread at Hacker News about it, even. And here I thought this would just be a wonky passion project of an episode!
Author and federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou explains why private equity is buying everything from vet offices to tech conglomerates, how this system is broken, and what can be done to fix it.
Nilay Patel
SiriusXM scooped up Stitcher, Pandora, and Team Coco in recent years, but satellite radio in cars still drives the business.
Nilay Patel
Microsoft is putting AI Copilots in everything. Will it change the way we use computers?
Nilay Patel
AI is one of the deepest platform shifts ever, says Google’s CEO, and he’s not worried about being first.
Nilay Patel
Airbnb is revamping its Rooms feature while eyeing AI and betting on work from anywhere.
Nilay Patel
Former BuzzFeed News editor-in-chief Ben Smith on what’s next — and his new book, Traffic.
Nilay Patel
Crypto has a lot of haters these days. The former Facebook exec is trying to prove them wrong with his Bitcoin startup.
Nilay Patel
CEO Travis Katz is running a sustainable delivery startup from within a century-old car company.
Nilay Patel
Can Substack handle the wrath of Elon Musk and the pain of content moderation?
Nilay Patel
Everybody hates Concur. Brex wants to replace it.
Nilay Patel