Decoder with Nilay Patel

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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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Jan 30, 2024 · 1 hr 9 min
Why Sen. Brian Schatz thinks child safety bills can trump the First Amendment
The Democratic senator from Hawaii on regulating social media: ‘An algorithm doesn’t have a First Amendment right.’
Jan 23, 2024 · 54 min
Rep. Ro Khanna on what it will take for Congress to regulate AI, privacy, and social media
The Democratic congressman from California, whose district includes Apple and Nvidia, discusses the future of tech regulation and the 2024 election.
Jan 9, 2024 · 1 hr 25 min
How Adobe is managing the AI copyright dilemma, with general counsel Dana Rao
Plus, why Adobe walked away from the Figma deal
Dec 21, 2023 · 39 min
How Donald Trump and Elon Musk killed Twitter, with Marty Baron and Zoe Schiffer
Understanding the story of Twitter through the lens of its two most prominent power users, who changed, and then broke, the platform for good.
Dec 19, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
Why Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen took his company back
His replacement got the boot barely a year into the job. What brought Ryan back?
Dec 12, 2023 · 1 hr 4 min
USDS head Mina Hsiang wants Big Tech’s best minds to help fix the government
Ten years after healthcare.gov, the feds' tech consultancy wants you to help with the next big thing
Dec 5, 2023 · 55 min
IBM's Jerry Chow explains the next phase of quantum computing
What’s a qubit? Are quantum computers useful yet? And how rough was Ant-Man, anyway?
Nov 28, 2023 · 1 hr 11 min
Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami isn’t worried AI will kill the web
The co-founder of website-builder Wix is embracing generative AI and thinks the business models of the web can survive it.
Nov 20, 2023 · 1 hr 9 min
Chaos at OpenAI: What happened to Sam Altman, and what's next
A special Vergecast and Decoder crossover episode featuring Nilay Patel, Alex Heath, and David Pierce.
Nov 14, 2023 · 1 hr 7 min
Volvo CEO Jim Rowan thinks dropping CarPlay is a mistake
The former BlackBerry and Dyson executive is approaching Volvo’s EV transformation with a consumer electronics mindset.
Nov 7, 2023 · 47 min
Barack Obama on AI, free speech, and the future of the internet
The former president sat down with Decoder to discuss AI regulation, the First Amendment, and, of course, what apps he has on his homescreen.
Oct 31, 2023 · 56 min
AI is on a collision course with the music industry. Reservoir's Golnar Khosrowshahi thinks there’s a way through it
The music publisher behind the copyrights to some of the most popular songs ever recorded doesn’t think AI spells doom for the industry.
Oct 24, 2023 · 54 min
Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig on why AI and social media are causing a free speech crisis for the internet
After 30 years teaching law, the internet policy legend is as worried as you'd think about AI and TikTok — and he has surprising thoughts about balancing free speech with protecting democracy.
Oct 17, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
Clearview AI and the end of privacy, with author Kashmir Hill
New York Times journalist Kashmir Hill comes on Decoder to discuss her new book, Your Face Belongs to Us, and what the spread of facial recognition technology means for the future of privacy.
Oct 12, 2023 · 31 min
CEO David Baszucki's mission to make Roblox a billion-player platform
AI is relatively easy, Baszucki said at Code. Working in China? That’s harder.
Oct 10, 2023 · 40 min
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on ramping up R1T production and competing with the Cybertruck
The Rivian founder kicked off last month’s Code Conference with a conversation about supply chain challenges, the company’s Amazon deal, and whether the R1T will compete with the Cybertruck.
Oct 5, 2023 · 34 min
Getty Images CEO Craig Peters has a plan to defend photography from AI
Getty’s entire brand is built on authenticity. CEO Craig Peters sat down with us to Code to talk about how the company is dealing with AI and disinformation.
Oct 3, 2023 · 44 min
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on how AI and art will coexist in the future
Microsoft’s Kevin Scott sat down with us at Code to talk about Bing’s competition with Google, the race to acquire and develop high-end GPUs, and how art can survive in the age of AI.
Sep 30, 2023 · 28 min
'The Android of agriculture': Monarch Tractor CEO Praveen Penmetsa on the future of farming
Monarch Tractor’s Praveen Penmetsa has a grand vision for agriculture, and it includes autonomous, electric smart tractors powered by AI.
Sep 29, 2023 · 35 min
AMD CEO Lisa Su on the AI revolution
The CEO of one the world's largest computer chip companies discusses competing with Nvidia's leading GPU, AI regulation, and the global supply chain.

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