This is Hayden Field, senior AI reporter at The Verge and your Thursday episode guest host. It’s been a very big news week in AI, and a lot of it had to do with OpenAI, its DevDay in San Francisco this week, and the viral explosion of AI-generated video thanks to the company’s new Sora app.

So I brought in Kanjun Qiu, CEO of AI startup Imbue and a close watcher of the industry, to break down what’s really happening, why it’s happening, and the societal implications of it all.

Links:

All of the updates from OpenAI DevDay 2025 | The Verge
OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama | The Verge
I’ve fallen into Sora’s slippery slop | The Verge
Sora 2 users are having fun with Sam Altman’s face | The Verge
OpenAI will let developers build apps that work inside ChatGPT | The Verge
OpenAI wants ChatGPT to be your future operating system | Wired
Sora 2 watermark removers flood the web | 404 Media
What the arrival of AI-fabricated video means for us | NYT
Recruiters use AI to scan résumés — applicants are trying to trick it | NYT
Employers are buried in AI-generated résumés | NYT

Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. This episode was edited by Xander Adams.

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