nilay patel
@reckless.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
you will not in 1000 tries guess what this is part of the lead art for tomorrow
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
you will not in 1000 tries guess what this is part of the lead art for tomorrow
Record labels somewhat famously have never been in the morality business and somewhat more famously have always been in the “squeezing artists for profit until they burn out and die” business
Record labels had the chance to stand up for copyright against AI scrapers — but now they're folding www.platformer.news/suno-warner-...
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Record labels somewhat famously have never been in the morality business and somewhat more famously have always been in the “squeezing artists for profit until they burn out and die” business
2026 gonna be a big year for me trying to finally write “terms of service agreements should be illegal”
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
2026 gonna be a big year for me trying to finally write “terms of service agreements should be illegal”
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I did a deep dive into the White House's draft executive order that would have counteracted states' abilities to write and enforce their own AI laws.
Boy, does it give David Sacks a lot of influence over setting federal AI regulatory policy!
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Boy, does it give David Sacks a lot of influence over setting federal AI regulatory policy!
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
A leaked executive order reveals that the tech billionaire would have become America’s AI policy gatekeeper.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I did a deep dive into the White House's draft executive order that would have counteracted states' abilities to write and enforce their own AI laws.
Boy, does it give David Sacks a lot of influence over setting federal AI regulatory policy!
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Boy, does it give David Sacks a lot of influence over setting federal AI regulatory policy!
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Seeking to kneecap states and hand even more power over to his big tech cronies, the ever power thirsty and David Sacks gets ratioed. For now at least — this group is like mold and always returns www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
A leaked executive order reveals that the tech billionaire would have become America’s AI policy gatekeeper.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Seeking to kneecap states and hand even more power over to his big tech cronies, the ever power thirsty and David Sacks gets ratioed. For now at least — this group is like mold and always returns www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Everyone underestimates how entertaining I find these interactions
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Everyone underestimates how entertaining I find these interactions
Great moments in Verge background policy here btw - @tinanguyen.bsky.social nailed this one
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Great moments in Verge background policy here btw - @tinanguyen.bsky.social nailed this one
Sure @caseynewton.bsky.social has the airport but I do my emergency Decoder pickups in my sister’s closet full of Indian clothes using Max’s kitty headphones
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Sure @caseynewton.bsky.social has the airport but I do my emergency Decoder pickups in my sister’s closet full of Indian clothes using Max’s kitty headphones
Pesky Verge ethics policy strikes again in this killer @andyjayhawk.bsky.social piece looking into car YouTube’s obsession with Chinese EVs and the company organizing the access and junkets. Comments from DeMuro, TFL, OmarDrives, and more -> www.theverge.com/transportati...
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Pesky Verge ethics policy strikes again in this killer @andyjayhawk.bsky.social piece looking into car YouTube’s obsession with Chinese EVs and the company organizing the access and junkets. Comments from DeMuro, TFL, OmarDrives, and more -> www.theverge.com/transportati...
To be fair this question also short circuits me and @sarahjeong.bsky.social on the regular
I had never tried Gemini Deep Research before (and heard rave reviews from folks), so yesterday I decided to give it a go, asking a scholarly question I already know the answer to, so I could see how its response stacks up.
It’s had ~18 hours to process my query, and this is as far as it’s gotten.
It’s had ~18 hours to process my query, and this is as far as it’s gotten.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
To be fair this question also short circuits me and @sarahjeong.bsky.social on the regular
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Yeah dude I have it whenever I open this app
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Yeah dude I have it whenever I open this app
Wrote another headline with @lopatto.bsky.social www.theverge.com/business/828...
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Wrote another headline with @lopatto.bsky.social www.theverge.com/business/828...
When I am President my orders to have the Army run around the country pantsing these goons will be presumptively legal, vote Patel
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
When I am President my orders to have the Army run around the country pantsing these goons will be presumptively legal, vote Patel
Engaging with the audience just now finding Decoder’s new YouTube channel
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Engaging with the audience just now finding Decoder’s new YouTube channel
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If reading about college students using AI to cheat made you feel crazy, wait till you hear about where they get their news
Why college students prefer News Daddy over The New York Times
Zoomers get all their news from TikTok — and refuse to go elsewhere
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November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If reading about college students using AI to cheat made you feel crazy, wait till you hear about where they get their news
Calling it now: this device will never be released www.theverge.com/news/827607/...
Jony Ive and Sam Altman say they finally have an AI hardware prototype
What does a ChatGPT gadget look like?
www.theverge.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Calling it now: this device will never be released www.theverge.com/news/827607/...
They let me write the headlines sometimes www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
They let me write the headlines sometimes www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Packers win. There is hope for America, and only crushing reality for @backlon.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Packers win. There is hope for America, and only crushing reality for @backlon.com
Change your rear diffuser, they said. It will be cheap and keep you from car shopping in a bad car market, they said. You will not discover your 10 year old car has a random hands-free trunk popper whose sensors you have to rewire for no reason
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Change your rear diffuser, they said. It will be cheap and keep you from car shopping in a bad car market, they said. You will not discover your 10 year old car has a random hands-free trunk popper whose sensors you have to rewire for no reason
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Chrome when you launch it on a 1.4TB RAM server
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Chrome when you launch it on a 1.4TB RAM server
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honestly a huge round of applause to FT for finding their angle on this. saw the headline and laughed out loud
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
honestly a huge round of applause to FT for finding their angle on this. saw the headline and laughed out loud
Asked @charlespulliam.bsky.social to ruminate on what it means to watch AI Fred Rodgers chop it up with AI Tupac -> www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Who is AI nostalgia slop even for?
Video generators like Sora rely on a monoculture that no longer exists.
www.theverge.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Asked @charlespulliam.bsky.social to ruminate on what it means to watch AI Fred Rodgers chop it up with AI Tupac -> www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...