Decoder with Nilay Patel
Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas — and other problems. Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policymakers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future.
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Anthropic doesn't trust the Pentagon, and neither should you
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Hasbro's CEO lets AI Peppa Pig help design toys
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Prediction markets want to be the news
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Zillow's CEO on growth during a housing crisis
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Inside Xbox's executive shakeup
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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms
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Money no longer matters to AI's top talent
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Let's talk about Ring, lost dogs, and the surveillance state
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The surprising case for AI judges
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Siemens CEO's mission to automate everything
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Reality is losing the deepfake war
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Docusign's CEO on the dangers of trusting AI to read, and write, your contracts
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Netflix is eating Hollywood — because it has to
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Experian's tech chief defends credit scores: 'We're not Palantir'
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Why nobody's stopping Grok
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Razer CEO on AI in game dev, Grok, and anime waifus
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Rewind: How private equity kills companies and communities
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Dropout CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy
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What’s next for Netflix and Paramount in the Warner Bros. battle
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"All chaos and panic": Nilay answers your burning Decoder questions
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Stack Overflow users don't trust AI. They're using it anyway
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Sen. Ed Markey wants media companies to fight for the First Amendment
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Square's product chief on the death of the penny and the future of money
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The tiny team trying to keep AI from destroying everything
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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says there is no AI bubble after all
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What the climate story gets wrong
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The DoorDash Problem: How AI browsers are a huge threat to Amazon
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Ring's Jamie Siminoff thinks AI can reduce crime
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The company at the heart of the AI bubble
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think AI will destroy the web
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How AI is fueling an existential crisis in education
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Lyft CEO David Risher on paying drivers more and the shift to robotaxis
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How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet
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LexisNexis CEO says the AI law era is already here
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Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay
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Zocdoc CEO: "Dr. Google is going to be replaced by Dr. AI"
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The EV tax credit is dead. What now?
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Announcing an ad-free Decoder feed for Verge subscribers
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The AI industry is at a major crossroads
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Rivian CEO on CarPlay, Lidar, and affordable EVs
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The good, the bad, and the future of AI agents
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Ford CEO Jim Farley on China, tariffs, and the quest for a $30,000 EV
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How AI safety took a backseat to military money
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Dropout CEO Sam Reich on business, comedy, and keeping culture weird
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How chatbots — and their makers — are enabling AI psychosis
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How brands and creators are fighting for your attention — and your money
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Sierra CEO Bret Taylor on why the AI bubble feels like the dotcom boom
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Sal Khan is hopeful that AI won't destroy education
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The quest to keep OpenAI honest
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Rewind: Bookshop CEO's crusade to save books from Amazon
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