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The Verge
David Pierce @ The Verge Ā· 10/17/2025 08:56 EDT

AIĀ can’tĀ even turn on the lights

Large language models are currently everyone's solution to everything. The technology's versatility is part of its appeal: the use cases for generative AI seem both huge and endless. But then you use the stuff, and not enough of it works very well. And you wonder what we're really accomplishing here. On this episode of The […]

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