The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Sarah Jeong discuss Bluesky gaining popularity and why it may be Twitter's most chaotic successor. Also: is AI going too far too soon? Further reading: Google announces the Pixel Fold: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23711353/google-pixel-fold-announced Everything happening on Bluesky, Twitter’s most chaotic successor: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23708385/bluesky-weather-report-moderation-app-store Bluesky is starting to feel like Twitter: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/29/23701500/bluesky-twitter-replacement Mozilla’s new Mozilla.Social Mastodon instance is an attempt to reinvent content moderation: https://www.theverge.com/23710406/mozilla-social-mastodon-fediverse-moderation ‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google with regrets and fears about his life’s work: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/1/23706311/hinton-godfather-of-ai-threats-fears-warnings White House rolls out plan to promote ethical AI: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23710533/google-microsoft-openai-white-house-ethical-ai-artificial-intelligence Snapchat is already testing sponsored links in its My AI chatbot: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/3/23709388/snapchat-my-ai-sponsored-links-test-chatbot New ChatGPT Zillow plug-in rolls out to select users today: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23708792/zillow-chat-gpt-plugin-alpha-release AI is being used to generate whole spam sites: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23707788/ai-spam-content-farm-misinformation-reports-newsguard AI offers new tools for making games, but developers worry about their jobs: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23700619/ai-game-development-jobs-gdc-2023 Writers are striking and AI rights are on the table: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/2/23708017/writers-are-striking-and-ai-rights-are-on-the-table Microsoft is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge, and IT admins are angry: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/3/23709297/microsoft-edge-force-outlook-teams-web-links-open Microsoft’s Bing chatbot gets smarter with restaurant bookings, image results, and more: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23710022/microsoft-bing-chatbot-ai-image-video-chat-history-features Andreessen Horowitz saw the future — but did the future leave it behind?: https://www.theverge.com/23697708/andreessen-horowitz-a16z-investing-tech Now Gmail has blue verified checkmark icons too: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/3/23709734/gmail-verified-checkmark-trusted-senders-bimi-dmarc Google accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/3/23709318/google-accounts-passkey-support-password-2fa-fido-security-phishing 00:00 - Intro 00:02:00 - Google Pixel Fold 00:10:25 - Bluesky feels like Twitter 00:38:08 - Mozilla new Mastodon instance 00:42:55 - News in AI this week 01:01:07 - Microsoft is forcing Edge and Bing Updates 01:08:33 - Lightning round The Vergecast Podcast: https://pod.link/430333725 Decoder with Nilay Patel: http://apple.co/3v29nDc More about our podcasts: https://www.theverge.com/podcasts Shop The Verge's merch here: https://shop.theverge.com/ Read More: http://www.theverge.com