Today, things got a little loose in the studio of The Vergecast. Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding joins Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce to make their own version of Drake's AI summer classic. We're not saying a laser bong was involved, but we're not not saying that either. Then deputy editor Alex Heath stops by to tell us about Snaps latest announcements and give us an update on the latest round of layoffs at Meta. And finally, a lightning round with all the big headlines in tech from this week. Further reading: AI Drake just set an impossible legal trap for Google: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/19/23689879/ai-drake-song-google-youtube-fair-use It’s a laser bong: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23500415/laser-bong-420-nice-hitoki-saber Google employees label AI chatbot Bard ‘worse than useless’ and ‘a pathological liar’: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/19/23689554/google-ai-chatbot-bard-employees-criticism-pathological-liar What’s really going on with ‘Ghostwriter’ and the AI Drake song?: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/18/23688141/ai-drake-song-ghostwriter-copyright-umg-the-weeknd Family of F1 legend Michael Schumacher plans legal action over fake AI interview: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23691415/michael-schumacher-fake-ai-generated-interview-racing-f1-lawsuit Snapchat releases My AI chatbot to all users for free: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/19/23688913/snapchat-my-ai-chatbot-release-open-ai Google’s big AI push will combine Brain and DeepMind into one team: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/19/23688913/snapchat-my-ai-chatbot-release-open-ai Netflix is shutting down its original DVD business after 25 years: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/18/23688543/netflix-dvd-com-business-25-years Netflix is out of the DVD business because streaming won – now, can Netflix still win?: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/19/23689447/netflix-dvd-mail-ending-streaming Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from all legacy users: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23690820/twitter-verified-blue-checkmark-legacy-elon-musk SpaceX’s Starship successfully takes off before bursting into flames: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23686229/spacex-successful-sub-orbital-launch-starship-super-heavy-boca-chica BuzzFeed News is being shut down: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23691169/buzzfeed-news-shut-down-jonah-peretti-memo Social media is doomed to die: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/18/23672769/social-media-inevitable-death-monetization-growth-hacks Google Fi has a new name and expanded connectivity support for smartwatches: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/19/23689628/google-fi-wireless-new-name-rebrand-smartwatch-connectivity-support Leak: Google will announce the Pixel Fold at I/O and beat Samsung on battery: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/18/23688798/google-pixel-fold-report-weight-battery-io-announcement-release-date Everything spy movies get right (and wrong) about smart glasses: https://www.theverge.com/23678696/smart-glasses-spy-films-gadgets-privacy Microsoft is reportedly working on a smaller Surface Pro and Arm-powered Surface Go 4: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/19/23689559/microsoft-surface-pro-11-inch-surface-go-4-arm-rumors 00:00 - Intro 00:00:51 - AI Drake with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding 00:37:12 - Snap's announcements and chatbot reveal 00:54:47 - Google DeepMind and Brain combined 00:59:45 - Reddit, Elon, Microsoft, training data wars 1:07:46 - Lightning Round The Vergecast Podcast: https://pod.link/430333725 Decoder with Nilay Patel: http://apple.co/3v29nDc More about our podcasts: https://www.theverge.com/podcasts Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv