Why tech is racing to adopt AI coding
Why tech is racing to adopt AI coding Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. I’ll be guest hosting the next few episodes of Decoder while Nilay is out on parental leave, and I’m very excited for what we […]
Why AI researchers are getting paid like NBA All-Stars
Why AI researchers are getting paid like NBA All-Stars Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Alex Heath, your Thursday episode guest host and deputy editor at The Verge. Today, I’m joined by Hayden Field, The Verge‘s senior AI reporter. We’re talking about the AI talent wars and why some researchers are suddenly getting traded like […]
We are not ready for better deepfakes
We are not ready for better deepfakes If you’re like me, then lately you’ve scrolled past something on social media and thought, “Wait, was that real?” Deepfakes are everywhere, and they’re getting a lot more convincing. That brings me to my Decoder guest today: Gaurav Misra, the CEO of Captions. You may not have heard […]
Perplexity’s CEO on why the browser is AI’s killer app
Perplexity's CEO on why the browser is AI's killer app Perplexity’s CEO on why the browser is AI’s killer app Hello, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Alex Heath, deputy editor at The Verge and author of the Command Line newsletter. I’m hosting our Thursday episodes while Nilay is out on parental leave. Today, we’re talking […]
How AI can make us better decision-makers, with Cassie Kozyrkov
How AI can make us better decision-makers, with Cassie Kozyrkov Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Jon Fortt, CNBC journalist, cohost of Closing Bell Overtime, and creator and host of the Fortt Knox podcast. As you just heard Nilay say, I’m stepping in to guest host a few episodes of Decoder this summer while […]
Inside the AI startup frenzy: ‘Everyone’s pivoting, then pivoting again’
Inside the AI startup frenzy: 'Everyone's pivoting, then pivoting again' Inside the AI startup frenzy: ‘Everyone’s pivoting, then pivoting again’ Welcome to Decoder! I’m Alex Heath, Deputy Editor at The Verge and author of the Command Line newsletter. This is the first in a series of Thursday Decoder episodes that I’ll be hosting while Nilay […]
Why Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress
Why Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress Today, I’m talking with Matt Mullenweg, the founder and CEO of Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, Tumblr, and a whole host of other products like the new cross-platform messaging service Beeper. This is Matt’s third time on Decoder; back in 2022, we had him […]
Runway CEO Cris Valenzuela wants Hollywood to embrace AI video
Runway CEO Cris Valenzuela wants Hollywood to embrace AI video Today, I’m talking with Runway CEO and cofounder Cris Valenzuela. This one’s special: Cris and I were live at an event in New York City last month hosted by Alix Partners, so you’ll hear the audience in the background from time to time. Runway is […]
How private equity kills companies and communities
How private equity kills companies and communities Today, I’m talking with Megan Greenwell, a former top editor at Wired and Deadspin, about her new book Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream. It comes out on June 10th, and it’s a searing account of how private equity goes far beyond impacting […]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the future of search, AI agents, and selling Chrome
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the future of search, AI agents, and selling Chrome Today, I’m talking with Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. We recorded this conversation in person after the Google I/O developer conference last week in what’s becoming a bit of a Decoder tradition. This is the third year that we’ve done […]