Apple’s in on RCS — and everybody’s out on Bing

The Verge‘s Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Apple announcing it will support RCS next year, AI news that came out of Microsoft Ignite, YouTube’s new policy on deepfakes, and much more.

Further reading:

Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024
Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage
Meta will fight the EU over regulating Messenger
Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event
Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT
Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs 
Microsoft Copilot Studio lets anyone build custom AI copilots
Microsoft is finally making custom chips — and they’re all about AI 
YouTube is going to start cracking down on AI clones of musicians
Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music
Nothing is bringing iMessage to its Android phone 

Taylor Swift fans used record amounts of data during the Eras Tour in North America 
PlayStation Portal impressions: hands-on with Sony’s remote play handheld for PS5

Opal’s second camera is the Tadpole, a tiny webcam for laptops 
The first OLED Roku TV is here after a long, long wait
Sonos teases a major new product coming next year

Sonos fixes its Dolby Atmos loud pop issue after years of complaints 

Taylor Swift fans used record amounts of data during the Eras Tour in North America 

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