Hard Fork

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.

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Yesterday · 2 min
What’s Next for ‘Hard Fork’?
The podcast’s next chapter begins this week.
#214
September 25 · 1 hr 48 min
The Ezra Klein Show: Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far
Ezra Klein interviews the Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang.
#213
September 18 · 1 hr 24 min
A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMA
“It has been one of the fastest, most sudden shifts I've experienced.”
#212
September 11 · 1 hr 19 min
The Ezra Klein Show: The A.I. Revolt Is Here
The A.I. giants weren’t prepared for this.
#211
September 4 · 1 hr 18 min
The A.I. Mob That Attacked Hugging Face + METR’s Ajeya Cotra
This is probably the most important thing to have happened in A.I. this year.
#210
August 28 · 1 hr 2 min
Meta Shifts the Blame + Do Data Center Bans Work? + The Final HatGPT
Meta negotiated an unusual provision in their landmark settlement: If TikTok and YouTube also agree to penalties and changes to their products, Meta will pay more.
#209
August 21 · 1 hr 3 min
OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought
“It is the first time that we know of that a major lab has voluntarily slowed down.”
#208
August 14 · 1 hr 3 min
Zuckerberg’s Anti-Doom Fantasy + Finally an A.I. Detector That Works + A.I. Math
“The first rule of Mark Zuckerberg is never count out Mark Zuckerberg."
#207
August 7 · 1 hr 5 min
The White House’s Secret A.I. Rules + The State of Model Alignment With METR’s Chris Painter + The Final Hot Mess Express
A few details from the White House’s A.I. plan have leaked to the news media, but the administration has officially communicated almost nothing.
July 31 · 1 hr 6 min
Open Model Wars + Claire Stapleton's Dishy Google Memoir + Substack's Slop Fight
“It just seems like the temperature is rising on Silicon Valley.”
#205
July 24 · 1 hr 8 min
OpenAI Models Go Rogue + Kimi K3 Freakout + A.I. Superforecasting
“The story that we're talking about in this segment was science fiction until Tuesday, OK?”
#204
July 17 · 1 hr 9 min
The A.I. Trade Secrets War + Economists Say ‘We Must Act Now’ + HatGPT
“I don’t know if the public understands this, but these companies hate each other.”
#201
July 10 · 1 hr 19 min
Do Social Media Bans Work? + A Conversation About A.I. Consciousness + Tool Time
“If the net result is that all the teens in Australia are still using social media, even after they’re technically banned from doing it, why are we doing any of this?”
#202
July 3 · 1 hr 6 min
Fable Ban Reversed + Dr. Dana Suskind on Parenting With A.I. + Prediction Market Drama
What we learned from the government’s biggest attempt yet to control who can gain access to the most powerful new A.I. models.
#201
June 26 · 59 min
‘The Daily’ and ‘The Opinions’: How A.I. Is Changing Loneliness and Taste
The story of a woman who let a robot into her home. Plus, a discussion about why Silicon Valley has taken such an interest in taste.
#200
June 19 · 56 min
‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 3: Differing Visions of an A.I. Future
One final episode from our live event, featuring a debate, questions from listeners and the dramatic and unplanned collapse of a dancing robot.
#199
June 17 · 31 min
‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 2: Dylan Field on Standing Out in the A.I. Era
“I think if you have a creative voice in writing or design, you put yourself out there and you take a risk — this is a good time to do that,” said the Figma chief executive Dylan Field.
#198
June 12 · 1 hr 6 min
‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn
A tech titan, a digital rights defender and two menacing-looking robot dogs took the stage at our second-ever live show.
#197
June 5 · 1 hr 4 min
Hot I.P.O Summer + What Is A.I. Doing to Math? + HatGPT
“We are on track to see what might be the three biggest I.P.O.s of all time.”
#196
May 29 · 58 min
Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?
Confronting the weirdness of a Waymo future.

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