Hard Fork
by The New York Times
“Hard Fork” is a show about the future that’s already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
Episodes
Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?
Confronting the weirdness of a Waymo future.
Our Field Trip to Google I/O + A Sit-Down With Sundar Pichai + System Update
“This is the only recent gathering of a large number of people where mentions of A.I. did not produce a large chorus of boos.”
A.I. Safety Is So Back + Mythos Mayhem with Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express
After several years of dismissing A.I. safety as doomer fear-mongering, parts of the Trump administration now seem ready to support regulation.
Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets? + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School
“It seems every other day I am reading a story about a massive insider trading scandal.”
OpenAI’s Big Reset + A.I. in the Doctor’s Office + Talkie, a pre-1930s LLM
Will the rising tide of A.I. adoption lift all boats?
Tim Cook’s Legacy + The Future of U.B.I. With Andrew Yang + HatGPT
The highlights, the lowlights, and how Apple changed in the years since Tim Cook took over as chief executive.
A.I. Backlash Turns Violent + Kara Swisher on Healthmaxxing + The Zuck Bot Is Coming
Is anti-A.I. radicalization a growing trend?
Anthropic’s Cybersecurity Shock Wave + Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Their Sam Altman Investigation + One Good Thing
The new Anthropic model that’s too dangerous to be released is already revealing thousands of software vulnerabilities.
The Future of Addictive Design + Going Deep at DeepMind + HatGPT
“The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.”
The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?
The Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark tells Ezra Klein what he sees coming in the new era of A.I. agents.
‘A.I.-Washing’ Layoffs? + Why L.L.M.s Can’t Write Well + Tokenmaxxing
Companies are using A.I. as a reason for layoffs, but the truth may be more complex.
A.I. Goes to War + Is ‘A.I. Brain Fry’ Real? + How Grammarly Stole Casey’s Identity
“When there is an attack that kills civilians or doesn’t hit its intended target, people are going to be asking, Oh, was that a human who made that mistake or was that an A.I. system?”
OpenAI's Fog of War + Betting on Iran + Hard Fork Review of Slop
“The Pentagon and OpenAI are saying to the public, You’re just going to have to trust us. And the public is saying, Well, we don’t.”
At the Pentagon, OpenAI is In and Anthropic Is Out
It’s been a crazy 48 hours in the A.I. industry.
Is A.I. Eating the Labor Market? + The Latest on the Pentagon, OpenClaw and Alpha School
“I think the mere fact that the markets can move so much, based on almost nothing, underscores how high anxiety is right now.”
The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express
This would be an unprecedented escalation against a U.S. company.
‘Something Big Is Happening’ + A.I. Rocks the Romance Novel Industry + One Good Thing
“I do think we are reaching an inflection point in people's feelings and senses about AI and where it's going.”
Elon Musk’s Mega-Merger + We Test Google’s Project Genie + What’s Next for Moltbook Creator
“A very valuable and profitable company in SpaceX has acquired a cash furnace named xAI.”
Moltbook Mania Explained
Is this the year the internet changes forever?
Tech Grapples With ICE + Casey Tries Clawdbot, a Risky New A.I. Assistant + HatGPT
In Minneapolis, it has become a battle of phone versus phone.