Journalist

Hayden Field

Senior AI reporter at The Verge. Covers Anthropic, OpenAI, and the business of AI. Known for in-depth profiles of AI labs and their societal impact.

Known For

The Verge AI coverageAnthropic reporting

Canon

Government-Mandated AI Model Shutdown as Regulatory Precedent

The Hedonic Treadmill — Happiness Returns to Baseline

The Jagged Frontier: AI's Radical Unevenness Across Domains

Meaning Comes from Responsibility, Not Happiness

Focus Only on What You Can Control

The True Self vs. False Self — Childhood Adaptations That Persist Into Adulthood

Episodes

#AGI is whatever you want it to beSep 4, 2026 #OpenAI's executive exodus has one big winnerAug 27, 2026 #Does Google even want to win in AI?Aug 13, 2026 #Pencils down: We share our vibe-coded websitesAug 10, 2026 #What Apple's OpenAI lawsuit is really aboutJul 23, 2026 #The US is losing its lead in AIJul 20, 2026 #Our vibe coded projects that actually workJun 29, 2026 #Who decides when AI is too dangerous?Jun 18, 2026 #The Mythos mess and your AI questions, answeredJun 16, 2026 #Siri AI, Screen Time, and the rest of WWDC 2026: The Vergecast LivestreamJun 8, 2026 #We react to Google I/O 2026: The Vergecast LivestreamMay 19, 2026 #What an AI-designed car looks likeMay 5, 2026 #The Looming AI Monetization CliffDec 15, 2025 #The Tiny Team Trying to Keep AI from Destroying EverythingDec 4, 2025