AI gadgets still can’t beat smartphones

Human. Rabbit. Goal. All of these companies and others are working hard to invent a new category of technology, one that doesn’t live as an app on your phone, but actually creates space for other AI-powered gadgets. The AI ​​gadget revolution could be huge.

Until here? It’s not going very well. And indeed, as Google and Apple in particular find new ways to add powerful new models to their existing products, it looks like the big winner in the AI ​​race could be the phone that’s already in your pocket.

After that, On the edgeAlex Heath joins to talk about the many, many AI announcements coming out of Meta. Is CEO Mark Zuckerberg trying to build an AI titan, or is this all in the service of making the metaverse happen? And is it possible that Meta’s smart glasses will be the blockbuster of the first AI gadgets?

Finally, we answer a question from the Vergecast Hotline about Microsoft’s antitrust potential. Somehow this ends up in a really fun metaphor about YouTube.

If you want to learn more about everything we discussed in this episode, here are some links to get you started, first about AI gadgets:

And regarding Microsoft regulatory issues: