Google has to play fair with AI rivals on Android, and that could be good news for your wallet

The EU has ordered Google to open Gemini’s exclusive Android access to rival AI apps by 2027. For Android users, the real payoff might not be more choices, but cheaper ones.

Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’
Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff  that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’

Last year, Sam Altman invited author Dave Eggers to give a talk to around 200 OpenAI staffers. The man has written countless novels, screenplays, pieces of journalism, started McSweeney’s, and founded multiple schools and nonprofits that support writers and the arts more broadly. So one might expect he’d roll into the company’s offices and offer […]

Kimi: Threat or menace?

Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about “full AI communism.”

The apps, gadgets, and tools every reader needs
The apps, gadgets, and tools every reader needs

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 136, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope your neighborhood isn’t as smoky as mine, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been recording the next season of Version History […]

AI Startups, Solopreneurs And Actual Numbers

AI is making solopreneurship increasingly attractive, enabling lean startups while reducing traditional corporate career stability and appeal.

AI Startups, Solopreneurs, And Actual Numbers

AI is making solopreneurship increasingly attractive, enabling lean startups while reducing traditional corporate career stability and appeal.

Heralding The Minimal Clinically Important Difference When AI Is Used For Human Mental Health

MCID (minimal clinically important difference) is an important technique in the medical field, including mental health. And AI can be used too. It’s an AI Insider scoop.

Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back out

Neil Rimer, the venture capitalist who co-founded Index Ventures, predicts the historic wealth AI is generating in Silicon Valley will have to be redistributed, voluntarily or involuntarily.

Google’s AI just recreated the best goal ever by Pele that was never actually filmed

Google used live stadium capture, and combined it with archival material to bring Pele’s legendary goal to life. The Veo video engine, Gemini Omni, and Nano Banana Pro AI tools tagged alongside in the journey to revive a lost marvel.

Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent — here’s how it actually performs

From AI workflows to battery life and security, here’s what it’s really like to live with Vertu’s luxury foldable every day.