Real Alpha has cut 2 moments of Nilay Patel (Editor-in-chief, The Verge) talking, from an interview on Decoder published Oct 8, 2026.
What Nilay Patel said
Meta can fund free agents with ads while OpenAI cannot
“I have a bribeable chief of staff. Like I have a corrupt butler. Is that what you want? That is a great term for it, a corrupt butler.”
Nilay Patel36:45 Enterprise users tolerate brittle agents; consumers walk away
“What I know about consumers is that the first time it doesn't work, they just walk away. They have no incentive to try again to overcome frustration or brokenness.”
Nilay Patel19:49
The episode
DecoderHow Meta got ahead of OpenAI on AI agents | Decoder
Hayden Field · Senior AI Reporter, The Verge
35:38of 41:13 · Oct 8
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