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AGI is whatever you want it to be

OpenAI announced its next big model, GPT-6 Astra, and also, by the way, that "the AGI era" is here now. Today on The Vergecast, we've got an all-star panel to break down the news of the week. First, senior AI reporter Hayden Field joins us to talk about our supposed AGI era and Nvidia's acquisition...

AGI is whatever you want it to be
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OpenAI announced its next big model, GPT-6 Astra, and also, by the way, that "the AGI era" is here now.

Today on The Vergecast, we've got an all-star panel to break down the news of the week.

First, senior AI reporter Hayden Field joins us to talk about our supposed AGI era and Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face.

Then, our friend Joanna Stern pops in to talk about new Apple CEO John Ternus, old Apple CEO Tim Cook, and most importantly, to speculate on the format of next week's Apple keynote.

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We wrap things up with a super-special lightning round from the IFA electronics show in Berlin. Senior reviewer J …

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