The search for the first great AI application

ChatGPT launched about two years and two weeks ago. Now, as we near the end of 2024, the AI ​​race is on… well, where exactly is it? It’s more competitive than ever, more money is being poured into fresh models and products than ever before, and it’s unclear when or even if we’ll get the products that make it profitable.

ON this episode Vergecastwe’re talking about a lot of different AI news, and they all have one trend line: the tech industry is desperately trying to create a killer AI app. (Ideally for them also one that makes money.) EdgeRichard Lawler joins us as we discuss Google Gemini 2.0, Project Astra and Project Mariner, and everything Google is doing to apply artificial intelligence to the products you already employ every day. We also discuss the fresh Android XR announcement and Google’s renewed commitment to making headsets and clever glasses that work. This is all AI history, no matter how you look at it.

If you want to learn more about everything we cover in this episode, here are some links you can start with, starting with Google:

And in the lightning round: