Hard Fork

Hard Fork

“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 …

32 transcripts 32 total episodes
32 transcripts
The Ezra Klein Show: The A.I. Revolt Is Here
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The Ezra Klein Show: The A.I. Revolt Is Here
Sep 11, 2026 · 1h 19m
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The A.I. Mob That Attacked Hugging Face + METR’s Ajeya Cotra
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The A.I. Mob That Attacked Hugging Face + METR’s Ajeya Cotra
Sep 04, 2026 · 1h 18m
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Meta Shifts the Blame + Do Data Center Bans Work? + The Final HatGPT
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Meta Shifts the Blame + Do Data Center Bans Work? + The Final HatGPT
Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 2m
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OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought
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OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought
Aug 21, 2026 · 1h 3m
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Zuckerberg’s Anti-Doom Fantasy + Finally an A.I. Detector That Works + A.I. Math
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Zuckerberg’s Anti-Doom Fantasy + Finally an A.I. Detector That Works + A.I. Math
Aug 14, 2026 · 1h 3m
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The White House’s Secret A.I. Rules + The State of Model Alignment With METR’s Chris Painter + The Final Hot Mess Express
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The White House’s Secret A.I. Rules + The State of Model Alignment With METR’s Chris Painter + The Final Hot Mess Express
Aug 07, 2026 · 1h 5m
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Open Model Wars + Claire Stapleton's Dishy Google Memoir + Substack's Slop Fight
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Open Model Wars + Claire Stapleton's Dishy Google Memoir + Substack's Slop Fight
Jul 31, 2026 · 1h 6m
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OpenAI Models Go Rogue + Kimi K3 Freakout + A.I. Superforecasting
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OpenAI Models Go Rogue + Kimi K3 Freakout + A.I. Superforecasting
Jul 24, 2026 · 1h 8m
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The A.I. Trade Secrets War + Economists Say ‘We Must Act Now’ + HatGPT
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The A.I. Trade Secrets War + Economists Say ‘We Must Act Now’ + HatGPT
Jul 17, 2026 · 1h 9m
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Do Social Media Bans Work? + A Conversation About A.I. Consciousness + Tool Time
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Do Social Media Bans Work? + A Conversation About A.I. Consciousness + Tool Time
Jul 10, 2026 · 1h 19m
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Fable Ban Reversed + Dr. Dana Suskind on Parenting With A.I. + Prediction Market Drama
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Fable Ban Reversed + Dr. Dana Suskind on Parenting With A.I. + Prediction Market Drama
Jul 03, 2026 · 1h 6m
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‘The Daily’ and ‘The Opinions’: How A.I. Is Changing Loneliness and Taste
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‘The Daily’ and ‘The Opinions’: How A.I. Is Changing Loneliness and Taste
Jun 26, 2026 · 59m
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‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 3: Differing Visions of an A.I. Future
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‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 3: Differing Visions of an A.I. Future
Jun 19, 2026 · 56m
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‘Hard Fork’ Live Part 2: Dylan Field on Standing Out in the A.I. Era
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‘Hard Fork’ Live Part 2: Dylan Field on Standing Out in the A.I. Era
Jun 17, 2026 · 31m
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‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn
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‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn
Jun 12, 2026 · 1h 5m
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Hot I.P.O Summer + What Is A.I. Doing to Math? + HatGPT
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Hot I.P.O Summer + What Is A.I. Doing to Math? + HatGPT
Jun 05, 2026 · 1h 4m
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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?
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Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?
May 29, 2026 · 58m
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Our Field Trip to Google I/O + A Sit-Down With Sundar Pichai + System Update
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Our Field Trip to Google I/O + A Sit-Down With Sundar Pichai + System Update
May 22, 2026 · 55m
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A.I. Safety Is So Back + Mythos Mayhem with Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express
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A.I. Safety Is So Back + Mythos Mayhem with Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express
May 15, 2026 · 1h 7m
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Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets? + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School
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Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets? + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School
May 08, 2026 · 1h 12m
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OpenAI’s Big Reset + A.I. in the Doctor’s Office + Talkie, a pre-1930s LLM
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OpenAI’s Big Reset + A.I. in the Doctor’s Office + Talkie, a pre-1930s LLM
May 01, 2026 · 1h 9m
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Tim Cook’s Legacy + The Future of U.B.I. With Andrew Yang + HatGPT
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Tim Cook’s Legacy + The Future of U.B.I. With Andrew Yang + HatGPT
Apr 24, 2026 · 1h 14m
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A.I. Backlash Turns Violent + Kara Swisher on Healthmaxxing + The Zuck Bot Is Coming
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A.I. Backlash Turns Violent + Kara Swisher on Healthmaxxing + The Zuck Bot Is Coming
Apr 17, 2026 · 1h 3m
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Anthropic’s Cybersecurity Shock Wave + Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Their Sam Altman Investigation + One Good Thing
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Anthropic’s Cybersecurity Shock Wave + Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Their Sam Altman Investigation + One Good Thing
Apr 10, 2026 · 1h 4m
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The Future of Addictive Design + Going Deep at DeepMind + HatGPT
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The Future of Addictive Design + Going Deep at DeepMind + HatGPT
Apr 03, 2026 · 1h 9m
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The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?
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The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?
Mar 27, 2026 · 1h 40m
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‘A.I.-Washing’ Layoffs? + Why L.L.M.s Can’t Write Well + Tokenmaxxing
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‘A.I.-Washing’ Layoffs? + Why L.L.M.s Can’t Write Well + Tokenmaxxing
Mar 20, 2026 · 1h 0m
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A.I. Goes to War + Is ‘A.I. Brain Fry’ Real? + How Grammarly Stole Casey’s Identity
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A.I. Goes to War + Is ‘A.I. Brain Fry’ Real? + How Grammarly Stole Casey’s Identity
Mar 13, 2026 · 1h 6m
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OpenAI's Fog of War + Betting on Iran + Hard Fork Review of Slop
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OpenAI's Fog of War + Betting on Iran + Hard Fork Review of Slop
Mar 06, 2026 · 1h 5m
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At the Pentagon, OpenAI is In and Anthropic Is Out
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At the Pentagon, OpenAI is In and Anthropic Is Out
Mar 01, 2026 · 33m
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Is A.I. Eating the Labor Market? + The Latest on the Pentagon, OpenClaw and Alpha School
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Is A.I. Eating the Labor Market? + The Latest on the Pentagon, OpenClaw and Alpha School
Feb 27, 2026 · 1h 0m
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The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express
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The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express
Feb 20, 2026 · 1h 4m
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