Last week, we ran into an issue: no one on the show had ever vibe coded. So for today's episode, we set out to fix that. Everyone came prepared with a vibe coded project - and some misadventures to go along with it. This week on The Vergecast, we're discussing the fallout of the messy […]

Even if you've never played a Pokémon game before, you can probably figure out how the type chart works. Fire types are weak to water types, water is weak to grass, and grass is weak to fire. Type matchups are foundational to Pokémon battles, far before you get into the weeds of stats and strats. […]

On Friday, Lucid Motors introduced an off-road version of its Gravity SUV, a few hours after shooting down a report that it had only sold 9 of the luxury EV in the first six months. The off-road concept includes redesigned front and rear fascias, improved approach and departure angles, a widened track, lifted ride height, […]

Last week, on GPT-5 launch day, AI hype was at an all-time high. In a press briefing beforehand, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said GPT-5 is "something that I just don't wanna ever have to go back from," a milestone akin to the first iPhone with a Retina display. The night before the announcement livestream, Altman […]

On Thursday, I had dinner with Sam Altman, a few other OpenAI executives, and a small group of reporters in San Francisco. Altman answered our questions for hours. No topic was off limits, and everything, with the exception of what was said over dessert, was on the record. It's uncommon to have such an extended, […]