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LexisNexis CEO says the AI law era is already here

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Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay

103

Zocdoc CEO: "Dr. Google is going to be replaced by Dr. AI"

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The EV tax credit is dead. What now?

105

Announcing an ad-free Decoder feed for Verge subscribers

106

The AI industry is at a major crossroads

107

Rivian CEO on CarPlay, Lidar, and affordable EVs

108

The good, the bad, and the future of AI agents

109

Ford CEO Jim Farley on China, tariffs, and the quest for a $30,000 EV

110

How AI safety took a backseat to military money

111

Dropout CEO Sam Reich on business, comedy, and keeping culture weird

112

How chatbots — and their makers — are enabling AI psychosis

113

How brands and creators are fighting for your attention — and your money

114

Sierra CEO Bret Taylor on why the AI bubble feels like the dotcom boom

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Sal Khan is hopeful that AI won't destroy education

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The quest to keep OpenAI honest

117

Rewind: Bookshop CEO's crusade to save books from Amazon

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Is ChatGPT killing higher education?

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Amazon is betting on agents to win the AI race

120

How the head of Obsidian went from superfan to CEO

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ChatGPT chief Nick Turley doesn't want you too attached to AI

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Notion's CEO wants you to demand better from your tools

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GitHub's CEO says AI coding is ‘here to stay’

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Why tech is racing to adopt AI coding

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Why AI researchers are getting paid like NBA All-Stars

126

Can we ever trust an AI lawyer?

127

We are not ready for better deepfakes

128

Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’

129

Perplexity CEO on why the browser is AI's killer app

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How decision making will change when AI answers are cheap and (too) easy

131

Inside the AI startup frenzy: ‘Everyone’s pivoting, then pivoting again’

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How SharkNinja took over the home

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Why Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress

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Hinge CEO Justin McLeod says dating AI chatbots is 'playing with fire'

135

Monopoly isn’t a game (with Lina Khan)

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Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith isn’t afraid of AI robots replacing human labor

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Why Runway CEO Cris Valenzuela thinks AI filmmaking is the future

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky wants to build the everything app

139

How private equity kills companies and communities

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the next phase of AI

141

Why Uber's CEO is okay with reinventing the bus

142

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on how AI can save the web, not destroy it

143

Workday's new product head hopes he can make you like Workday

144

Did Apple get too big for its own good?

145

Reuters is ready to stand up for the press — and embrace AI

146

NYT publisher AG Sulzberger on Trump, OpenAI, and the economy

147

What Trump has broken in 100 days

148

Decoder Live: Fired FTC commissioners fight back

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The case for breaking up Google has never been stronger

150

Verizon’s consumer chief: Net neutrality ‘went literally nowhere’

151

How Trump’s tariffs actually work on the ground

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Are prediction markets gambling? Robinhood's Vlad Tenev is betting not

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Why DOGE is killing the agency that stops banks from ripping you off

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UiPath CEO Daniel Dines on AI agents replacing our jobs

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What AI anime memes tell us about the future of art and humanity

156

How Unity CEO Matt Bromberg stopped the ‘war’ against its customers

157

Capitalism vs. the bird flu

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Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on why push-button AI is “insulting” to musicians

159

The movement to take down Tesla

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How Trump's tariff chaos is already changing global trade

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Why the Take It Down Act is a not a law, but a weapon

162

Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour on AI, press freedom, and the future of news

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Flying is still safe, for now — but the FAA isn’t

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Amazon’s Panos Panay on the long road to Alexa’s AI overhaul

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Elon Musk's polarizing ascent in the MAGA movement

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Vimeo CEO Philip Moyer is betting on the human touch — and AI

167

Why gaming never had its Netflix moment

168

The FCC is a now a weapon in Trump’s war on free speech

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Sen. Ron Wyden is here to stop Elon Musk

170

Elon Musk's presidency is just getting started

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Bookshop CEO Andy Hunter's crusade to save books from Amazon

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DeepSeek, Stargate, and the new AI arms race

173

How Ciena keeps the internet online, with CEO Gary Smith

174

How Meta's MAGA heel turn is a play for global power

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Why CEO Matt Garman is willing to bet AWS on AI

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Studying online bad behavior was hard. It's going to get harder in Trump 2.0

177

Answering your biggest Decoder questions

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Tech antitrust is about to get really weird

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Arm CEO Rene Haas on the AI chip race, Intel, and what Trump means for tech

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Platforms need the news, but they're killing it

181

Why every company wants a podcast now

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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says conversational AI is the next web browser

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AI is a money pit — here’s why investors don’t mind

184

Rewind: Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on the future of federated social media

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GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani on the enduring power of the website

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Remix: Google Zero is here — now what?

187

Will the world end before I can retire?

188

How Trump’s second term could be bad for EVs, but great for Tesla

189

Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

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Return-to-office mandates are more than "backdoor layoffs"

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Why GM ditched CarPlay, with software boss Baris Cetinok

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“It’s the First Amendment, stupid”

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on what founder mode really means

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The AI arms race to build digital god

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Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode

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How influencers are changing advertising with Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi

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Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

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The impossible dream of good workplace software

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Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu isn't thinking too far ahead

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The toxic transformation of Warcraft maker Blizzard