Hello! This is The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of The Verge... and your life. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn make sense of the week's tech news with help from our wide-ranging staff. Join us every week for a fun, deeply nerdy, often off-the-rails conversation about what's happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets.
Jony Ive's funky Ferrari
The Ferrari Luce is here, and suffice to say it is not the electric Ferrari anyone expected. Nilay and David dig into the Jony Ive-designed car, from its marvelously appointed interior to its decidedly non-Ferrari-like exterior. (You might even call it... Nissan Leaf-like.) After that, the hosts discuss some of the latest backlash against AI, Google's ongoing AI-based changes to Search, and AI content labels. Finally, in the lightning round, it's time for Brendan Carr is a Dummy, some deeply nerdy display tech, and the incredible rising price of everything.
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((Timestamps are approximate.)
00:01:00 Intro
00:02:00 Daily Vergecast Era
00:03:00 Ferrari First EV
00:06:00 Why Luce Looks Wrong
00:07:00 Media Junket Ethics
00:08:00 Apple Car Vibes Inside
00:10:00 Comparisons to Leaf
00:13:00 Ferrari Legend Backlash
00:16:00 EVs Should Feel Normal
00:19:00 Cadillac EV Counterpoint
00:23:00 Jony Ive Constraints Debate
00:30:00 Anti AI Search Shift
00:32:00 Google Search Randomness
00:37:00 Beta Testing Users
00:42:00 Personalized Buying Future
00:45:00 Bad AI Products Everywhere
00:46:00 YouTube AI Labels
00:49:00 Auto Detection Doubts
00:51:00 Ads Versus AI Opt Out
00:52:00 Pope On Humanity
00:55:00 Uber Questions Productivity
01:03:00 Brendan Carr’s Hard Hat
01:07:00 Meta Subscription Squeeze
01:14:00 Sony RGB Backlight TVs
01:19:00 Roku Home Screen Ads
01:21:00 Gaming Prices Spike
01:26:00 Wrap Up
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