Also on The Vergecast: the Epstein files, ChatGPT ads, and Ferrari EVs.

Its easier to apologise than ask permission.

Prediction: This is going to be a mess for the Trump right.

Also on The Vergecast: Apple’s AI gadgets, Tesla’s robotaxi crashes, and much more.

This is the worst time to make electricity dirtier.

A former Uber executive and a private equity billionaire are working with Pete Hegseth to make Anthropic cave on its ethics policies.

Rising electricity are a growing headache for Trump and Big Tech.

Citing First and Fifth Amendment rights.

The AI browser fight heats up.

Only Claude reliably shut down would-be attackers.

Plus: Polymarket is opening a sports bar for “situation monitoring.”

The EU has repeatedly missed its own deadlines to publish guidance for businesses.

Senators are demanding more data on data centers.