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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Is ChatGPT killing higher education?
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Amazon is betting on agents to win the AI race
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How the head of Obsidian went from superfan to CEO
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ChatGPT chief Nick Turley doesn't want you too attached to AI
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Notion's CEO wants you to demand better from your tools
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GitHub's CEO says AI coding is ‘here to stay’
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Why tech is racing to adopt AI coding
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Why AI researchers are getting paid like NBA All-Stars
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Can we ever trust an AI lawyer?
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We are not ready for better deepfakes
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Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’
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Perplexity CEO on why the browser is AI's killer app
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How decision making will change when AI answers are cheap and (too) easy
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Inside the AI startup frenzy: ‘Everyone’s pivoting, then pivoting again’
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How SharkNinja took over the home
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Why Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress
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Hinge CEO Justin McLeod says dating AI chatbots is 'playing with fire'
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Monopoly isn’t a game (with Lina Khan)
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Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith isn’t afraid of AI robots replacing human labor
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Why Runway CEO Cris Valenzuela thinks AI filmmaking is the future
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky wants to build the everything app
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How private equity kills companies and communities
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the next phase of AI
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Why Uber's CEO is okay with reinventing the bus
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Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on how AI can save the web, not destroy it
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Workday's new product head hopes he can make you like Workday
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Did Apple get too big for its own good?
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Reuters is ready to stand up for the press — and embrace AI
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NYT publisher AG Sulzberger on Trump, OpenAI, and the economy
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What Trump has broken in 100 days
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Decoder Live: Fired FTC commissioners fight back
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The case for breaking up Google has never been stronger
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Verizon’s consumer chief: Net neutrality ‘went literally nowhere’
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How Trump’s tariffs actually work on the ground
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Are prediction markets gambling? Robinhood's Vlad Tenev is betting not
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Why DOGE is killing the agency that stops banks from ripping you off
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UiPath CEO Daniel Dines on AI agents replacing our jobs
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What AI anime memes tell us about the future of art and humanity
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How Unity CEO Matt Bromberg stopped the ‘war’ against its customers
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Capitalism vs. the bird flu
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Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on why push-button AI is “insulting” to musicians
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The movement to take down Tesla
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How Trump's tariff chaos is already changing global trade
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Why the Take It Down Act is a not a law, but a weapon
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Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour on AI, press freedom, and the future of news
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Flying is still safe, for now — but the FAA isn’t
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Amazon’s Panos Panay on the long road to Alexa’s AI overhaul
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Elon Musk's polarizing ascent in the MAGA movement
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Vimeo CEO Philip Moyer is betting on the human touch — and AI
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Why gaming never had its Netflix moment
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