Bluesky's rise and AI's fall

Published: May 5, 2023, 9 a.m.

The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Sarah Jeong discuss Bluesky gaining popularity and why it may be Twitter's most chaotic successor.\nAlso: is AI going too far too soon?\nFurther reading:\n\nshop.theverge.com\n\nGoogle announces the Pixel Fold \n\nEverything happening on Bluesky, Twitter\u2019s most chaotic successor\n\nBluesky is starting to feel like Twitter\n\nMozilla\u2019s new Mozilla.Social Mastodon instance is an attempt to reinvent content moderation\n\n\u2018Godfather of AI\u2019 quits Google with regrets and fears about his life\u2019s work\n\nWhite House rolls out plan to promote ethical AI\n\nSnapchat is already testing sponsored links in its My AI chatbot\n\nNew ChatGPT Zillow plug-in rolls out to select users today\n\nAI is being used to generate whole spam sites\n\nAI offers new tools for making games, but developers worry about their jobs\n\nWriters are striking and AI rights are on the table.\n\nMicrosoft is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge, and IT admins are angry\n\nMicrosoft\u2019s Bing chatbot gets smarter with restaurant bookings, image results, and more\n\nAndreessen Horowitz saw the future \u2014 but did the future leave it behind?\n\n\nNow Gmail has blue verified checkmark icons too\xa0\n\nGoogle accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices