ChatGPT launched roughly two years and two weeks in the past. Now, as we close to the top of 2024, the AI race is… nicely, the place is it, precisely? It’s extra aggressive than ever, there’s extra money being poured into new fashions and merchandise than ever, and it’s in no way clear when and even whether or not we’re going to get merchandise that make all of it worthwhile.
On this episode of The Vergecast, we speak about a number of completely different AI information, all alongside a single pattern line: the tech trade making an attempt desperately to construct a killer app for AI. (Ideally, for them, additionally one which makes cash.) The Verge’s Richard Lawler joins us as we talk about Google Gemini 2.0, Project Astra and Project Mariner, and all the pieces else Google is doing to place AI within the merchandise you already use every single day. We additionally discuss by the brand new Android XR announcement, and Google’s renewed dedication to creating headsets and good glasses that work. It’s all an AI story, irrespective of the way you have a look at it.
If you need to know extra about all the pieces we talk about on this episode, listed below are some hyperlinks to get you began, starting with Google:
And within the lightning spherical:
