Car companies are beginning to use AI tools to radically speed up their development process, which could change the cars we drive forever — and have some big effects on the people who make them now. Verge contributor Tim Stevens explains. Then, The Verge’s Hayden Field catches us up on Codex vs. Claude Code, Anthropic vs. the US government, the vibes at OpenAI, and more, before helping answer a question on the Vergecast Hotline (call 866-VERGE11 or email vergecast@theverge.com!) about whether all the recent tech layoffs are really about AI. 0:00 Intro 2:17 Today’s AI Agenda 3:12 How Cars Get Designed 6:53 AI Speeds Up Design 11:35 Clay Models Still Matter 12:34 Jobs Pipeline Risk 16:42 Software Defined Cars 18:59 Regulation and Safety 23:13 Will AI Homogenize Design 25:50 Slate Truck Update 32:47 Codex vs Claude Code 34:59 Super App Strategy Shift 38:10 B2B Growth Playbook 40:41 OpenAI Vibe Check 42:19 PR vs AI Doomerism 45:57 Pentagon Deals Exclude Anthropic 51:18 Mythos Reality 54:02 RIP AGI? 1:00:30 Hotline ROI on Layoffs 1:09:23 Wrap Up Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLv Watch The Vergecast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/40RFRkg The Vergecast Podcast: https://bit.ly/3WQDexZ Decoder with Nilay Patel: http://apple.co/3v29nDc More about our podcasts: https://www.theverge.com/podcasts Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv Wallpapers from The Verge: https://bit.ly/2xQXYJr Shop our Verge merch store here: https://bit.ly/4kPCmEc Subscribe to The Verge: https://bit.ly/3FT6n5S Subscribe to The Vergecast on YouTube, new episodes on Tuesday and Friday: https://bit.ly/3I6nJtz If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may receive a commission without exerting any influence on editorial content. For more information about our ethics policy, visit: https://bit.ly/3ZWTlLs