OpenAI is trying a PR reset

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.

Further reading:

• ⁠The AI-designed car is taking shape | The Verge⁠

• ⁠Pentagon strikes classified AI deals with OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia — but not Anthropic⁠

• ⁠Google employees ask Sundar Pichai to say no to classified military AI use | The Verge⁠

• ⁠Anthropic’s new cybersecurity model could get it back in the government’s good graces | The Verge⁠

• ⁠Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead | The Verge⁠

• ⁠Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down | The Verge⁠

• ⁠ChatGPT downloads are slowing — and may cause problems for OpenAI’s IPO | The Verge⁠

• ⁠Claude can now plug directly into Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton | The Verge⁠

• ⁠OpenAI’s new security model is for ‘critical cyber defenders’ only | The Verge⁠

• ⁠Anthropic releases a new Opus model amid Mythos Preview buzz | The Verge⁠

• ⁠Jack Dorsey’s Block cuts nearly half of its staff in AI gamble | The Verge⁠

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Timestamps are approximate.)

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:00 Today Show Preview

00:04:00 Car Design Primer

00:08:00 AI Speeds Up Design

00:13:00 Clay Models and Craft

00:15:00 Jobs Pipeline Risk

00:18:00 Software Defined Cars

00:20:00 Regulation and Safety

00:27:00 Slate Truck Update

00:34:00 Claude Code vs Codex

00:42:00 OpenAI Vibes Check

00:44:00 PR vs AI Doomerism

00:48:00 Pentagon Deals Exclude Anthropic

00:53:00 Mythos Reality Check

00:56:00 RIP AGI Moment

01:04:00 Hotline AI Layoffs ROI

01:13:00 Wrap Up and Sign Off

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