Today on The Vergecast, we've got an all-star panel to break down the news of the week. First, senior AI reporter Hayden Field joins us to talk about our supposed AGI era and Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face. Then, our friend Joanna Stern pops in to talk about new Apple CEO John Ternus, old Apple CEO Tim Cook, and to, most importantly, speculate on the format of next week's Apple keynote. We wrap things up with a super-special lightning round from the IFA electronics show in Berlin. Senior reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy and editor Dominic Preston each pick out the five most interesting gadgets they saw at the show. And two more things: Vergecast producer Travis Larchuk pops in to tell his tale of identity theft woe and warn you that he isn't the one DMing you on Twitter to ask you to be on The Vergecast. Plus, Brendan Carr is a dummy. 0:00 Welcome 0:46 Fake Travis warning 3:01 OpenAI's Astra model 5:45 Safeguards and delays 8:55 Opaque recurrence fears 13:08 What Astra does well 18:08 Access tiers and rollout 19:53 Nvidia buys Hugging Face 23:04 Is this really AGI 26:28 AGI vibes and Microsoft clause 32:17 Apple event preview 33:41 Ternus keynote politics 39:43 Keynote Vibes Shift 40:23 Tim Cook Era Review 44:56 Services And Fees Machine 47:15 Phil Schiller Steps Back 49:52 Event Predictions Fold And AI 55:43 Siri AI Real Use Cases 58:32 Smart Home Display Rumors 59:47 Bets And Keynote Structure 1:05:19 Brendan Carr Is A Dummy 1:09:23 IFA Lightning Round 1:10:49 Philips Hue Smart Lighting 1:11:03 Hue Rope Light Rave 1:11:44 Sticker Shock Pricing 1:13:03 Xiaomi Wide Foldable 1:15:43 Dyson Camera Toothbrush 1:20:31 Tecno Bezelless Concept 1:22:42 Local AI Smart Home Hub 1:27:09 MacBook Neo Clones 1:29:35 Homey Dial Controller 1:33:39 Acer DualPlay Handheld 1:36:19 Dreame Humanoid Robot 1:39:44 Packard Bell Revival 1:42:17 Wrap Up And Credits 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 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