Ecosystem trade-offs: Gemini vs third parties

Few AI products have found the kind of product-market fit we’ve seen from Claude Code. On the eve of the product’s first anniversary, Anthropic’s Boris Cherny explains why Claude Code is so powerful, all the work left to do, and why he no longer writes any code himself. After that, The Verge’s Hayden Field joins the show to talk about how we should think about giving our data (and our computers) to AI, even when it seems useful. Finally, The Verge’s Allison Johnson helps David answer a question from the Vergecast Hotline (866-VERGE11) about whether you should go buy a phone, like, right now.

Further reading:

• Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft

• Claude has been having a moment — can it keep it up?

• The AI security nightmare is here and it looks suspiciously like lobster 

• OpenClaw’s AI ‘skill’ extensions are a security nightmare 

• Humans are infiltrating the social network for AI bots 

• Anthropic connects Claude to Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive 

• MCP extension unites Claude with apps like Slack, Canva, and Figma 

• The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about 

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