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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Reality is losing the deepfake war
Why AI labeling efforts are falling flat in the face of slop, disinformation, and messy metadata standards.
44 min
2
Docusign's CEO on the dangers of trusting AI to...
Docusign’s Allan Thygesen says “not providing an AI service isn't really an option.”
61 min
3
Netflix is eating Hollywood — because it has to
What the bidding war over Warner Bros. Discovery says about the future of Hollywood.
51 min
4
Experian's tech chief defends credit scores: 'W...
Alex Lintner, tech head of the global credit reporting company, on AI, privacy, and what data brokerages really do.
65 min
5
Why nobody's stopping Grok
How Elon Musk and xAi are putting a nail in the coffin of content moderation.
61 min
6
Razer CEO on AI in game dev, Grok, and anime wa...
Razer chief Min-Liang Tan on confronting the AI backlash in gaming.
61 min
7
Rewind: How private equity kills companies and ...
Author Megan Greenwell on her book Bad Company and the scourge of private equity.
47 min
8
Dropout CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscr...
“I wish that I could plant a forest full of weird trees on the internet.”
60 min
9
What’s next for Netflix and Paramount in the Wa...
Channels host Peter Kafka interviews Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw about the biggest story in entertainment.
39 min
10
"All chaos and panic": Nilay answers your burni...
Nilay joins Decoder producers Kate Cox and Nick Statt for our special end-of-year mailbag episode.
52 min
11
Stack Overflow users don't trust AI. They're us...
CEO Prashanth Chandresekar on running the most popular developer forum in a post-ChatGPT world.
60 min
12
Sen. Ed Markey wants media companies to fight f...
“Grow up, Mr. President. Grow up, Brendan Carr.”
53 min
13
Square's product chief on the death of the penn...
Square’s Willem Avé on AI automation, investing in crypto, and what it’s like working for Jack Dorsey.
69 min
14
The tiny team trying to keep AI from destroying...
The societal impacts team at Anthropic is a nine-person group studying the global effects of AI. Is it just for show, and how long can it survive?
34 min
15
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says there is no AI bubb...
IBM was early to AI and quantum, but Arvind still thinks the bets will pay off
65 min
16
What the climate story gets wrong
46 min
17
The DoorDash Problem: How AI browsers are a hug...
Amazon’s lawsuit against Perplexity has blown the doors open on the great AI browser fight.
28 min
18
Ring's Jamie Siminoff thinks AI can reduce crime
66 min
19
The company at the heart of the AI bubble
What the rise of data center company CoreWave tells us about the future of the AI industry.
35 min
20
Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think AI will destr...
The inventor of the World Wide Web on why he’s still optimistic about the future of the internet.
51 min
21
How AI is fueling an existential crisis in educ...
The system is broken. ChatGPT cheating is just a symptom.
36 min
22
Lyft CEO David Risher on paying drivers more an...
Risher sees Lyft as a service company above all, but AI makes everything weird.
73 min
23
How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet
Enshittification' author Cory Doctorow on why things get worse, and how to fight back.
65 min
24
LexisNexis CEO says the AI law era is already here
LexisNexis' Sean Fitzpatrick promises his AI won't get you in trouble with a judge.
60 min
25
Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay
CEO Mary Barry and new chief product officer Sterling Anderson on the company's plans for AI, autonomy, and EVs.
73 min