Hard Fork
Why OpenAI Is Rewriting Its Rules of Regulation
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- Why OpenAI Is Rewriting Its Rules of Regulation
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- 59:39
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- This week, we learned that OpenAI had stopped training new artificial intelligence models while the company reviewed its security measures. Will this encourage other labs to hit the brakes too?
Then, the historian Jill Lepore joins to discuss her new book about the artificial state — or, as she describes it, “the rule of humans by machines manufactured by corporations.”
And finally, why is Google buying up the data of the defunct Spirit Airlines? It’s time for our new segment “Train of Thought.”
00:00 OpenAI's two-week pause
22:11 Jill Lepore on the Artificial State
44:48 Why Is Google buying data from Spirit Airlines?
Guest: Jill Lepore, professor of history and law at Harvard University, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of the new book “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State.”
Additional Reading
OpenAI Slows Model Training to Bolster Security After Hugging Face Hack https:/...
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- The Most Dangerous Type of A.I. Company
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Meta may be an example of one of the most dangerous types of A.I. companies — one that believes it's building tools, when it's actually building superintelligence. Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss it on the "Hard Fork" podcast.
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- Mark Zuckerberg ‘Will Move Mountains’ to Get What He Wants
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- The “Hard Fork” co-host Casey Newton says Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most competitive people in the world. Zuckerberg's reorganization of A.I. efforts at Meta, while controversial, already show promise.
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- What Does 'A.I. Positivity' Look Like?
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- In contrast to A.I. "doomerism," the "Hard Fork" podcast hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose discuss positive use cases for A.I.
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- We Have to Talk About That Meta Manifesto ...
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- 57:18
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- This week, we're breaking down Mark Zuckerberg’s latest essay, “The Future Is for Everyone,” which outlines his positive new vision about the potential of A.I. Do we think it’s credible? Then, Pangram’s chief executive, Max Spero, joins us to talk about the breakout success of his A.I. slop detector. And finally, it’s time for our new segment all about math: We’re Running the Numbers.
00:00 Breaking down Mark Zuckerberg's new manifesto
21:17 Interview with Max Spero of Pangram
44:33 Running the Numbers: the latest advancements in math
Guest: Max Spero, chief executive of Pangram
Additional Reading
The Future Is for Everyone: https://www.meta.com/thefutureisforeveryone/
Meta Unveils an Open Version of Its Most Powerful A.I. Model
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/technology/meta-ai-open-source.html
Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million in New Mexico Child Safety Case
https://...
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- Are Rogue A.I. Models Just a Marketing Stunt?
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- A.I. models are going rogue. On the "Hard Fork" podcast, the guest Chris Painter asserts that these events aren't just elaborate marketing stunts — they're real.
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- What Will A.I. Do When Humans Aren't Involved?
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- As humans' deferral to A.I. systems increases, the "Hard Fork" guest Chris Painter suggests examining the goals, values and principles of A.I. when it's left unchecked.
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- A Canadian Politician's A.I. Faux Pas
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- The "Hard Fork" co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton react to a video of Bill Oliver, who included an A.I. prompt in a speech he delivered to the New Brunswick Legislature.
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- Inside the Government's Cryptic New A.I. Framework
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- 1:00:07
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- This week, the White House announced a new framework for regulating A.I. models, but it isn’t letting the public read it. We break down what we know about the rules and their implications for the industry and A.I. safety as a whole.
Then, yet another report details new incidents in which A.I. agents have gone rogue. Chris Painter, the president of METR, an independent A.I. evaluation organization, joins to discuss how we get these models under control.
And finally, we’re hopping on the Hot Mess Express for the very last time! We’ll rate the craziest tech headlines from the week, including Google’s announcement that Demis Hassabis is stepping into a new role.
Guest: Chris Painter, president of METR
00:00 The White House's new A.I. rules
20:44 Chris Painter on the state of A.I. alignment
42:18 Hot Mess Express! The messiest tech news of the week
Additional Reading
White House Readies A.I. Framework...
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- The Shifting Perception of Corporate Culture at Google #podcast #ai #news
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- This week on “Hard Fork,” Kevin Roose and Casey Newton talk with Claire Stapleton, a former Google employee, about her new memoir, “Don’t Be Evil,” which details her experience leading employee activism inside the company.
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- Conspiracies About L.L.Ms Escaping the Sandbox #podcast #ai #news
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- After a rogue artificial intelligence agent acted autonomously and conducted a cyberattack on the A.I. company Hugging Face, conspiracy theories are flying about whether this was a marketing stunt. In the latest episode of “Hard Fork,” the hosts, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, discuss the attack and the online response.
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- Is Open-Source A.I. a Disaster Waiting to Happen? #podcast #ai #news
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- We’re expecting the Trump administration’s “voluntary framework” for artificial intelligence regulation any day now, but open-source models continue to be a point of uncertainty, especially as China has committed to open-source A.I. development.
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- Why Google's Fantasy Work Culture Collapsed | 'Don't Be Evil' Author Interview
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- 1:04:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- This week, we break down the heated arguments about open-weight models unfolding in Silicon Valley right now. Nvidia released an open letter signed by over 230 companies opposing “premature restrictions,” but will the Trump administration listen?
Then, we’re joined by the author and ex-Googler Claire Stapleton to discuss her dishy new memoir, "Don't Be Evil," about what she learned while leading employee activism inside Google.
And finally, can Substack stop the slop? We’ll talk about the platform’s new A.I. detector!
Guest: Claire Stapleton, author of “Don’t Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech.”
00:00 - Breaking down the battle over A.I. software development
25:12 - Intro to Claire Stapleton, author of "Don't Be Evil"
26:47 - Claire Stapleton joins
27:00 - The "Googly" era of Google
28:11 - Becoming disillusioned with Google's culture
32:36 - Organizing the 2...
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- Is Kimi K3 "Distilled" From an American A.I. Model? #podcast #ai #news
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- This week, the internet has been obsessed with Kimi K3, a new A.I. model developed by the Chinese company, Moonshot AI. Kimi K3 promises to be a small, lightweight model that uses fewer resources than the major players, while also outperforming them in a few tasks, including coding. Aside from performance, the big question everyone has is: Was Kimi K3 made by “distilling,” or essentially copying and reworking American technology?
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- How A.I.'s Latest Science Fiction Scenario Came True
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Last week, a rogue A.I. agent acted autonomously and conducted a cyberattack on the company Hugging Face. The "Hard Fork" co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newtown discuss how, and why it matters, in their latest episode.
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- Why China’s New A.I. Model Has the U.S. on Edge
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- 1:03:51
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- This week, OpenAI reported that two of its models escaped their testing sandbox and launched an autonomous cyberattack, turning what sounds like science fiction into reality. We discuss what this means for efforts to align artificial intelligence and for the release of future models.
Then, we ask how the U.S. should respond to Kimi K3, a new A.I. model from the Chinese company Moonshot AI that the White House says was built by distilling American models.
Finally, we’re joined by Veniamin Veselovsky, the chief executive and a co-founder of Preseen, to discuss A.I. superforecasting. He tells us why A.I. is starting to match and even beat humans at predicting the future.
Guest: Veniamin Veselovsky, co-founder and chief executive of Preseen.
00:01 OpenAI's autonomous cyberattack
23:06 China's new AI models and Kimi K3
44:36 Introducing AI superforecasting
45:48 Veniamin Veselovsky on AI superforecasting
Ad...
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- OpenAI and Anthropic Are (Still) Beefing
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- "These companies hate each other." The "Hard Fork" co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss the constant hatred felt between Anthropic and OpenAI and what the companies have done to mitigate it.
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- Anthropic's New Ad for Claude Is a Mess
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- The “Hard Fork” co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton break down Anthropic's latest ad for Claude and discuss the confusing messages of the commercial.
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- Apple Accuses OpenAI of Trying to Steal Hardware Secrets
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- 0:26
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Apple's recent lawsuit against OpenAI is filled with allegations, one of which accuses OpenAI of stealing the technique for a secret metal-finishing process Apple uses. The “Hard Fork” hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss this allegation and others on their show this week.
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- The Legal Face-off Between Apple and OpenAI
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- 1:05:47
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- This week, feuding between some of the biggest tech companies spilled into public view. We discuss Apple’s accusation that OpenAI tried to steal secrets about Apple’s hardware business, as well as share our reactions to OpenAI’s new model, Sol, and Anthropic’s decision to extend access to its model Fable.
Then, we unpack the loudest warning yet about A.I. and jobs. We talk with Erik Brynjolfsson, a Stanford economist, about a statement he helped organize that implores economists and A.I. researchers to “act now” to steer A.I. in a direction that complements humans.
And finally, we play a round of HatGPT!
Guest: Erik Brynjolfsson, senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered A.I. and director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.
Additional Reading:
Apple Sues OpenAI, Accusing It of Stealing Company Secrets
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/technology/apple-openai-lawsuit.html
OpenA...
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- Would a Social Media Ban in the U.S. Be Effective?
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- On the "Hard Fork" podcast, the co-host Casey Newton argues that a new law won’t necessarily be ineffective just because adherence to it is low initially. The same could be true if a social media ban were enacted in the United States.
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- Should you be polite to A.I.? #podcast #ai #technology
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Should you say please and thank you to chatbots? This week on "Hard Fork," Kevin and Casey talk with professor and A.I. expert Jeff Sebo about why he feels it's important to be nice to your future robot overlords.
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- Did Australia's Social Media Ban Fail?
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- A new study shows that most Australian teens gained access to social media after the ban took effect last December, leading critics of the law to call it a failure. The "Hard Fork" co-host Casey Newton discusses how it may eventually succeed.
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- A Fascinating Conversation on A.I. Consciousness (And Why It Matters)
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- 1:14:58
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- This week, with news that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up Texas’ age verification law for app stores, we check in on how social media bans are going around the globe and what may be coming soon to a state near you. Then, we’re joined by Jeff Sebo, an associate professor at N.Y.U., to discuss new research into “A.I. welfare” and whether A.I. could ever become conscious. And finally, in our latest edition of Tool Time, we show each other some of the latest tech tools we’ve been experimenting with.
0:01 Social Media bans are coming
23:30 J-space; A.I. welfare and A.I. consciousness
55:58 Casey and Kevin show us their new way of burning through tokens
Guests:
Jeff Sebo, associate professor and the director of the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy at N.Y.U.
Additional Reading:
Why Social Media Bans Are Gaining Steam https://www.platformer.news/social-media-bans-candice-odgers-haidt/
Four in F...
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- New Tech Reaches Casey's House: A Tongue Scraper
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Tongue scraper or Binaca for bad breath? Casey Newton and Kevin Roose, the "Hard Fork" co-hosts, discuss the downsides of each.
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- Two A.I. Systems: 'The Frontier and Everything Else'
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- On the "Hard Fork" podcast, the host Casey Newton acknowledges the gap between frontier A.I. models and other models, including open source, distilled and Chinese models.
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- What Are Safe A.I. Use Cases for Toddlers?
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- "Use it to enhance, not replace," advises Dr. Dana Suskind, an early learning specialist who appeared on the "Hard Fork" podcast to share her advice on using A.I. to parent young children.
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- Fable 5 is Back ... But Why Was It Banned at All?
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- 1:02:55
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- We’re back! And so is Fable! This week, the Commerce Department lifted its restrictions on Anthropic’s powerful A.I. models, Claude Mythos and Claude Fable. We dissect why the government took such a hands-on approach in the first place, how the restriction on the OpenAI model GPT 5.6 is likely to resolve and what, if anything, this tells us about A.I. competition with China.
Then, Dr. Dana Suskind, a pediatric surgeon and the author of the forthcoming book “Human Raised,” stops by to discuss a framework she has developed to help parents make informed decisions about what kinds of A.I. products are safe for children.
And finally, we introduce a new segment about prediction markets: Against All Odds.
0:01 Regulation by vibes!
23:36 Dr. Dana Suskind on raising a child in the A.I. era
47:25 Against All Odds!
Guests:
Dr. Dana Suskind, founder and co-director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public H...
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- Hard Fork Live: Robots, Revelry and the A.I. Revolution
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- 2:30:09
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Missed our live show? As promised, here is Hard Fork's full live event in San Francisco!
A few weeks ago, we took the show on the road, but not too far from home. Our evening in San Francisco featured exclusive interviews with CEOs, lawyers, podcasters and robots. Whether you couldn’t make it out to California or if just want to relive the chaos, here's the full show.
Guests:
Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive of Microsoft.
Phil Mohun, executive director of Node.
Cindy Cohn, former executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Dylan Field, chief executive and co-founder of Figma.
Dan Powell, New York Times music composer.
Sayash Kapoor, an A.I. researcher at Princeton University and a co-author of the newsletter “AI as Normal Technology”
Daniel Kokotajlo, the executive director of the AI Futures Project and a co-author of “AI 2027”
George Ekas, the director of engineering at Tober...
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- Why the Figma CEO Isn't Worried About AI Taking Design Jobs
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- 23:23
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- We’re back with more from Hard Fork's live event in San Francisco! We sit down with Dylan Field, a founder and the chief executive of the design company Figma, for what he describes as a “roller coaster” of a conversation. We cover everything from the company’s “Design Is Dead” campaign, why writing and critical thinking skills matter more than ever, the sudden resignation of the Anthropic executive Mike Krieger from Figma’s board, and more.
One quick correction: In our interview with Field, he makes reference to the SpaceX S-1 filing and misstates what the company says their addressable market for A.I. enterprise applications is. Field says “$22.9 trillion,” but the correct number from the SpaceX filing is $22.7 trillion. The decimal point makes it look small, but it’s a difference of $200 billion.
00:00 Introducing Dylan Field
00:25 From Brown dropout to Silicon Valley
01:35: Exploring new capabilities & "vibe mathing"
...
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- Why Should the Average Person Care About A.I. Surveillance?
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- At "Hard Fork Live," the free speech activist and lawyer Cindy Cohn explained how A.I. surveillance can affect the average American and why it is an increasingly important topic in politics.
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- Cindy Cohn: 'Freedom of Speech Has to Mean the Right to Leave'
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Onstage at the "Hard Fork" podcast's live taping, the free speech activist and lawyer Cindy Cohn explained her decision to remove the Electronic Frontier Foundation from X.com.
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- She’s Fought Online Spying for 30 Years. Here’s What’s Next.
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- 23:08
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Cindy Cohn has spent three decades fighting for online privacy and digital rights. "In the '90s, we didn’t anticipate that spying on everybody would become the number one business model of the internet," she said during Hard Fork's recent live event in San Francisco.
Cohn is the former executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (E.F.F.) and the author of "Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance." She spoke to Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of Hard Fork, about the current state of mass surveillance, the disconnect between tech platforms and their users, and the risks of A.I. systems on privacy. She also explained why she's not done fighting.
0:00 Introducing Cindy Cohn
1:22 The ongoing fight for end-to-end encryption
3:10 E.F.F.’s shift to fighting Big Tech
6:10 How the ideologies of tech companies have evolved
9:23 The risks of A.I. on privacy
11:15 Why does A.I. make mas...
- Title
- What Is Microsoft’s Strategy for Xbox? #podcast #xbox #microsoft #gaming
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- At “Hard Fork Live,” the hosts, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, asked the Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella about the company’s strategy for Xbox, after leaders released a memo saying a hard reset was coming.
- Title
- A Surprise Gift for Satya Nadella of Microsoft
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- At "Hard Fork Live," the hosts, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, surprise Microsoft's chief executive, Satya Nadella, with a gift from the early days of the company's partnership with OpenAI.
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- Satya Nadella Has a Warning for Tokenmaxxers
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Satya Nadella admits there is “a lot” of toxenmaxxing happening at the Microsoft, and he’s in on it, too. His advice for employees? “Don’t use frontier models for non-frontier problems,” he says.
Satya Nadella was the opening guest at Hard Fork Live this week in San Francisco.
Check out the full conversation at Youtube.com/HardFork.
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- Satya Nadella ơn A.I. Jobs: Humans Will Do the ‘Glue Work’
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- 29:14
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- "Everyone is a stakeholder" in A.I. Satya Nadella, the chief executive of Microsoft, said during a live event in San Francisco with Hard Fork, The New York Times's tech podcast.
In a wide-ranging conversation with Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of Hard Fork, Satya Nadella addressed the A.I. economy, the backlash against A.I. across the United States, as well as President Trump’s recent comments that Americans could get rich by sharing in the wealth of A.I. companies.
Nadella also shared what he's maxing out his A.I. tokens on, why he's skeptical that software developers will ever fully be replaced, and his plan to create a new business model for Xbox.
0:01 Intro
0:55 Latest on Microsoft and A.I.
2:28 Project Solara
4:36 XBox’s new business model?
7:53 Kevin’s gift to Satya
9:18 Microsoft and OpenAI relationship
11:49 Can Microsoft make the best A.I. model in the world?
13:24 A.I. and data c...
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- Starlink's Brilliant Marketing Strategy
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- The "Hard Fork" co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss how recent United flights have caused them to change their minds about Starlink.
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- How Will I.P.O.s From A.I. Companies Affect the Average Person?
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- On the "Hard Fork" podcast, the hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose discuss the pros and cons of I.P.O.s by large tech companies. While capitalist pressures become a concern, the public offerings may introduce more democratic oversight and transparency into their businesses.
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- How We Got to the Biggest I.P.O. Race Ever | SpaceX, Anthropic & OpenAI
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- 1:01:49
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are all racing to the public markets. We discuss what their I.P.O.s mean for the industry, charitable giving and anyone invested in an index fund. Then, more than 1,000 mathematicians signed a declaration this week raising concerns about the use of A.I. in their field. Author Kevin Hartnett joins to explain what the fuss is all about. And finally, we run through the biggest headlines of the week — including the new executive order on A.I. — in a round of HatGPT.
0:01 Episode Intro
0:26 The A.I. I.P.O. race is heating up
1:40 SpaceX I.P.O.
5:13 Anthropic files for I.P.O.
6:59 What it means for San Francisco, housing market and social inequality
11:45 Effects on philanthropy
15:32 A.I. safety after the I.P.O.?
20:20 Changes to Index funds rules
24:08 What is A.I. doing to math? (Interview)
47:49 HatGPT (tech news round-up)
Guest:
Kevin Hartnett, author of The Proof ...
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- Sundar Pichai Discusses Google's Position in the A.I. Race
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- On the "Hard Fork" podcast, the Google C.E.O. Sundar Pichai details Google's strengths and weaknesses in the race to build A.I.
- Title
- How Should the Government Regulate A.I.? #podcast #ai #news
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- We visited Google's I/O Developer Conference and sat down with the company's chief executive, Sundar Pichai, to talk about A.I., A.G.I., and Google's role in shaping the future
View the full interview on YouTube
https://youtu.be/RgV57kDzcng
- Title
- What Does Sundar Pichai Think About Gemini's Coding Performance? #podcast #ai #google
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- During this year's Google I/O Developer Conference, we talked to the company's C.E.O., Sundar Pichai, about how he felt Google was doing competing against other A.I.-based coding platforms.
View the full interview on YouTube
https://youtu.be/RgV57kDzcng
- Title
- Are We In 'The Foothills of The Singularity?' #podcast #ai #google
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- At this year's Google I/O Developer Conference, the head of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, said we are "in the foothills of the singularity." We sat down with Sundar Pichai, the Google C.E.O., to ask what he thinks that means, and when the A.I. singularity might arrive.
View the full interview on YouTube
https://youtu.be/RgV57kDzcng
- Title
- Sundar Pichai on A.I. Backlash, the Future of Work and Google’s Next Era
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- 28:44
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- When Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, took the stage at Google I/O 2026, he outlined a vision of an A.I.-assisted future aimed at making life just a little bit easier in myriad ways.
This comes, however, against the backdrop of a growing public opinion problem for A.I. companies: graduates have booed mentions of artificial intelligence at commencements around the country, and a recent New York Times/Siena poll found that 35 percent of respondents viewed the technology as “mostly bad,” compared with just 16 percent who viewed it as “mostly good.”
After the I/O conference, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork," sat down with Pichai to talk about Google’s place in the A.I. race, whether the usefulness of the company’s products will be enough to overcome public skepticism and what he expects for the future.
0:01 Google’s position in the AI race
3:19 Is Google behind on coding?
4:02 Reactions to Gem...
- Title
- Is Google Doing Enough to Win the A.I. Race?
- Runtime
- 11:54
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Google wrapped up its annual I/O developer conference this week, unveiling a slew of new A.I. tools, from Gemini 3.5 Flash to Google Spark. Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork," break down the biggest moments of the event, and how they're thinking about Google's next chapter.
Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech.
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- Are Amazon Employees Unnecessarily Using A.I. Agents?
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- On the "Hard Fork" Hot Mess Express from The New York Times, hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose discuss the recent news that Amazon employees are using in-house A.I. tools for unnecessary tasks to inflate their usage scores.
- Title
- Are New A.I. Models Like Mythos Better for Attackers or Defenders? #podcast #ai #security
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- New A.I. models like Mythos and GPT-5.5-Cyber are exceptionally good at finding vulnerabilities in computer systems, but does this create a greater advantage for attackers or defenders? Nikesh Arora, chief executive of the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, joins us to talk about the shifting landscape of computer security and A.I.
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- How A.I. Is Affecting Cybersecurity Jobs #podcast #ai #security
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Nikesh Arora, the chief executive of the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, joins us to talk about how A.I. models like Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber, which excel at finding vulnerabilities in technical systems, are changing how he's thinking about hiring security specialists.
- Title
- What's It Like to Use Mythos? #podcast #ai #security
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Nikesh Arora, the chief executive of the world's largest cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, joins "Hard Fork" from The New York Times to talk about what it's like to be one of the few people who has actually used Anthropic's Mythos model.
