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 
• On 'Chinese knockoffs' and why Leica works with Xiaomi
• 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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