GPT-5 is here, and it’s not going so well. This week on The Vergecast, Jake, Vee, and Hayden discuss the bumpy launch of OpenAI’s latest model and why GPT-5 isn’t as big of a leap as GPT-4.
Then, everyone shares their vibe coding projects and the bumpy journey to making anything usable. After that, our newest segment: Corporate Shenanigans, where we rate the week in strange corporate moves on a scale from “actually serious” to “total joke.”
Finally, the Thunder Round returns, new and improved, to discuss ditching your phone for a smartwatch, doctors relying too much on AI, AOL dial-up shutting down, the Pebble Time 2, and why you shouldn’t trust what AI chatbots say about themselves.
Further reading:
ChatGPT won’t remove old models without warning after GPT-5 backlash
OpenAI will update GPT-5’s “personality” after user backlash
ChatGPT is bringing back 4o as an option because people missed it
Sam Altman shared more about what went wrong with those GPT-5 graphs
OpenAI gives some employees a ‘special’ multimillion-dollar bonus
Anthropic just made its latest move in the AI coding wars
Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now remember your past conversations
Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion
Apple is suing Apple Cinemas
Apple Cinemas responds to Apple lawsuit
Apple returns blood oxygen monitoring to the latest Apple Watches
Elon Musk says he’s suing Apple for rigging App Store rankings
Ditching my phone for an LTE smartwatch was a humbling experience
Here’s a look at the final Pebble Time 2 design
Some doctors got worse at detecting cancer after relying on AI
Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice?
Chatbots aren’t telling you their secrets
AOL is finally shutting down dial-up
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