Today on the flagship podcast of dedicated AI hardware:

The Verge’s David Pierce and Allison Johnson debate whether the emergence of standalone AI gadgets like the Humane Pin and the Rabbit R1 are better off as apps or should exist as its own hardware.

The Verge’s Alex Heath joins the show to discuss Meta’s big move into AI with its multimodal AI smart glasses and a new AI model called Llama 3.

Nilay Patel answers a question from The Vergecast Hotline about Microsoft and antitrust.

Further reading:

Humane AI Pin review: not even close: https://www.theverge.com/24126502/hum...

The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected — until it didn’t: https://www.theverge.com/24084444/hum...

A morning with the Rabbit R1: a fun, funky, unfinished AI gadget: https://www.theverge.com/24138746/rab...

Can Rabbit’s R1 outsmart the smartphone assistants? Let’s find out!: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/29/24...

The future of AI gadgets is just phones: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/21/24...

The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses actually make the future look cool: https://www.theverge.com/23922425/ray...

Q&A: Mark Zuckerberg on winning the AI race: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24...

Meta wants to be the Microsoft of headsets: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/22/24...

Zuckerberg says it will take Meta years to make money from generative AI:
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/24/24...

Microsoft Edge and Bing avoid the EU’s latest regulations.: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/13/24...

Microsoft Edge is now an ‘AI browser,’ apparently.: https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/3/240...

Microsoft splits Teams from Office as antitrust pressure ramps up: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/1/241...

Microsoft and OpenAI deal may face anti-trust investigations in the EU.: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24...

00:00 - Intro
01:59 - AI gadgets w/Allison Johnson
11:08 - Are you a voice assistant person?
29:20 - Meta AI w/Alex Heath
36:29 - Meta headsets and AR tech
59:15 - Microsoft antitrust (The Vergecast Hotline)

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