YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to all adult users
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to all adult users YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection program to all users over the age of 18 – meaning just about anyone can have the platform hunt for potential deepfakes of themselves. The likeness detection feature uses a selfie-style scan of a person’s face […]
AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone
AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can't be trusted alone AI radio DJs demonstrated their volatile personalities. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Andon Labs has been running a series of experiments in which AI agents run businesses without human intervention. Its latest is a quartet of radio stations run by some […]
Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag?
Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag? The T1 Phone has the wrong number of stripes, but it does at least have 50 stars. | Screenshot: Trump Mobile Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the […]
OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts
OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts ChatGPT will even know how much credit card debt you have. | Image: OpenAI Your trust in AI is about to be put to the test: OpenAI will soon let you give the chatbot direct access to your bank accounts. The new feature announced in preview […]
The promises and pitfalls of personalized health
The promises and pitfalls of personalized health This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. A few days ago, my esthetician was smearing hot wax on […]
Behold, the Elon Musk jackass trophy
Behold, the Elon Musk jackass trophy Yesterday, in Musk v. Altman, before the jurors came in, Sam Altman’s team passed up what looked – from a distance – like a little league trophy. It was not. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had the lawyers read the inscription aloud for the press: “Never stop being a jackass.” It’s […]
OpenAI’s Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app
OpenAI's Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app OpenAI is going to let users access Codex, its desktop AI tool that can write code and use apps on your computer, from the ChatGPT app on your phone. Following the surge in popularity for Anthropic’s Claude Code, OpenAI has been working quickly to try and […]
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses Microsoft first started opening up access to Claude Code in December, inviting thousands of its own developers to use Anthropic’s AI coding tool daily. It was part of an effort to get project managers, designers, and other employees to experiment with coding for the first time, and sources tell […]
Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard
Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard An interactive map tracking data center construction and AI policy, built by Isabelle Reksopuro. When Oregon resident Isabelle Reksopuro heard Google was gobbling up public land to fuel its data centers in her home state, she didn’t initially know what to believe. “There’s a […]
You can make an app for that
You can make an app for that The tyranny of software is almost over. Since the first computer programmers wrote the first computer programs, we, the users of that software, have been forced to live in the worlds those programs create. The features are the features. The design is the design. Want something else, something […]