ChatGPT launched roughly two years and two weeks ago. Now, as we close to the tip 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 under no circumstances 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 discuss quite a lot of completely different AI information, all alongside a single development line: the tech business attempting 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 focus on Google Gemini 2.0, Project Astra and Project Mariner, and all the things else Google is doing to place AI within the merchandise you already use each day. We additionally speak by means of the brand new Android XR announcement, and Google’s renewed dedication to creating headsets and sensible glasses that work. It’s all an AI story, regardless of the way you have a look at it.
If you wish to know extra about all the things we focus on on this episode, listed below are some hyperlinks to get you began, starting with Google:
And within the lightning spherical: