The
new
Microsoft
Copilot
is
a
big
departure.
It
shed
some
of
its
Bing-y
styling
and
increasingly
corporate
vibes
in
favor
of
something
warmer
and
friendlier,
all
in
an
effort
to
be
more
than
just
a
work
tool.
It
might
just
be
a
website
redesign,
but
it
feels
like
a
shift
in
how
Microsoft
perceives
the
future
of
AI
assistants.
On
this
episode
of
The
Vergecast,
we
try
to
make
sense
of
that
future.
Everyone
seems
to
believe
in
the
potential
for
“agentic”
AI,
which
can
use
apps
and
devices
on
your
behalf,
but
most
current
tech
along
those
lines
feels
woefully
unfinished.
As
they
get
warmer
and
fuzzier,
though,
maybe
the
whole
Getting
Things
Done
aspect
of
AI
doesn’t
matter
so
much.
We
try
to
figure
out
where
we’re
headed
next
and
how
long
it’ll
take
to
get
there.
You
know
who
else
needs
to
figure
out
where
we’re
headed
next?
OpenAI,
which
just
raised
$6.6
billion
and
now
needs
to
prove
it
can
spend
it
wisely.
We
talk
about
that
for
a
while,
too.
Once
we’re
done
with
the
AI
talk,
we
run
through
the
gadget
news
of
the
week,
from
the
students
building
a
facial
recognition
system
into
their
smart
glasses
to
Sonos’
kinda-sorta
plan
to
come
back
after
its
app
fiasco.
Then
we
get
into
some
breaking
news
about
the
future
of
WordPress,
which
might
be
the
most
important
software
on
the
web
and
which
feels
suddenly
in
a
bit
of
flux.
In
the
lightning
round,
we
say
goodbye
to
our
friend,
colleague,
and
cohost
Alex
Cranz.
(Alex,
we
love
you,
we’ll
miss
you!)
We
also
talk
about
the
bizarre
history
that
led
to
this
week’s
Dish
/
DirecTV
merger,
Nintendo’s
ongoing
war
on
emulators,
and
Google’s
nifty
new
web
app
for
managing
headphones.
If
you
want
to
know
more
about
everything
we
discuss
in
this
episode,
here
are
some
links
to
get
you
started,
beginning
with
Copilot
and
all
things
AI:
And
in
the
lightning
round:
(Originally posted by David Pierce)
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