The Trump Phone is real! Ish! The Verge’s Dom Preston has seen a T1 on a video call, that we can say for sure. Dom joins the show to explain what’s new about the phone, whether it has a chance to be a decent device, and why it’s taken so long for Trump Mobile to ship the thing. After that, The Verge’s Hayden Field explains the excitement around OpenClaw and Moltbook, and whether either one is a big moment for the AI industry. Finally, The Verge’s Andy Hawkins helps us answer a question on the Vergecast Hotline (866-VERGE11) about whether, and when, Tesla might get out of the car business altogether.

Further reading:

• This is the Trump Phone⁠

• ⁠The Trump Phone no longer promises it’s made in America⁠

• ⁠600,000 Trump Mobile phones sold? There’s no proof.⁠

• ⁠OpenClaw: all the news about the trending AI agent ⁠

• ⁠OpenClaw’s AI ‘skill’ extensions are a security nightmare

• ⁠There’s a social network for AI agents, and it’s getting weird

• ⁠Humans are infiltrating the social network for AI bots

• ⁠Tesla discontinuing Model S and Model X to make room for robots⁠

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