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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.
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- 4 days ago1h 5m
‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn
This week and next, we’re bringing you recordings from our second-ever live taping in San Francisco. First, we sit down with Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, to hear what he’s maxing out his A.I. tokens on, why he’s skeptical that software developers will ever be fully replaced, and how he’s hoping to create a new business model for Xbox. Then, Phil Mohun tells us what it has been like to watch people in the Bay Area interact with two robot dogs that wear the faces of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. And finally, we talk with the longtime privacy defender Cindy Cohn about where things stand in the fight to protect internet users from digital surveillance by Big Tech and the government. 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 and author of “Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance.” Additional Reading: Microsoft C.E.O. Satya Nadella Says, ‘Everyone Is a Stakeholder’ in A.I. Node presents “Beeple: /Infinite_Loop” We want to hear from you. Email us at hardfork@nytimes.com. Find “Hard Fork” on YouTube and TikTok. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 1 weeks agoconversational1h 4m6-min read
Hot I.P.O Summer + What Is A.I. Doing to Math? + HatGPT
This episode of Hard Fork dives into the impending IPOs of AI giants SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI, explores the growing tension between mathematicians and AI’s role in their field, and rounds out with quirky tech news involving robot-trashed Airbnbs, Bluetooth speakers named 'Bomb,' and George Santos’ prediction market antics.
- 2 weeks agoconversational58 min5-min read
Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?
This episode of Interesting Times, hosted by Ross Douthat, features a conversation with transportation policy writer Andrew Miller about the accelerating shift toward self-driving cars. Miller argues that autonomous vehicles promise massive safety improvements, reclaiming of human attention, and economic efficiency, while Douthat raises cultural and philosophical concerns about the loss of driving as a form of embodied freedom and rite of passage.
- 3 weeks agoconversational55 min6-min read
Our Field Trip to Google I/O + A Sit-Down With Sundar Pichai + System Update
Google I.O. 2026 showcased a broad suite of AI advancements, including the launch of Gemini 3.5 Flash, agentic search, and multimodal models, while CEO Sundar Pichai emphasized Google’s strategic focus on speed, scale, and responsible development. Despite skepticism around model quality and pricing, Google positioned itself as a pragmatic leader in AI deployment, betting on efficiency over raw capability.
- May 15, 2026conversational1h 7m5-min read
A.I. Safety Is So Back + Mythos Mayhem with Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express
The Trump administration, once dismissive of AI safety concerns, is now scrambling to regulate powerful models like Anthropic's Mythos amid fears of cyber vulnerabilities and geopolitical brinksmanship. Meanwhile, cybersecurity exec Nikesh Arora reveals that AI is uncovering thousands of hidden flaws in code, forcing a global reckoning — all while the week's Hot Mess Express highlights everything from Dua Lipa suing Samsung to Grindr’s Madonna ad outing users.
- May 8, 2026conversational1h 12m5-min read
Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets? + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School
Prediction markets are having a moment — and a crisis. As platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi explode in popularity, they’re also becoming hotbeds for insider trading, manipulation, and regulatory chaos. Meanwhile, Joanna Stern’s new book, I Am Not a Robot, explores what happens when you outsource your life to AI — from dental advice to romantic companionship — and Rachel Cohn reports back from 'attention school,' where people are learning to reclaim their focus from the clutches of tech.
- May 1, 2026conversational1h 9m5-min read
OpenAI’s Big Reset + A.I. in the Doctor’s Office + Talkie, a pre-1930s LLM
This episode of Hard Fork explores OpenAI’s strategic pivot, including its loosened partnership with Microsoft, new deal with Amazon, and shifts in its Stargate infrastructure project, all amid a high-stakes lawsuit from Elon Musk. The show also features Dr. Adam Rodman on AI’s growing role in medicine and introduces Taki, a vintage LLM trained exclusively on pre-1930 data, designed to test historical forecasting and model behavior in isolation from modern influence.
- Apr 24, 2026conversational1h 14m4-min read
Tim Cook’s Legacy + The Future of U.B.I. With Andrew Yang + HatGPT
Apple CEO Tim Cook steps down after a transformative 15-year run, passing the torch to hardware veteran John Ternus, while Andrew Yang returns to discuss the resurgent case for universal basic income amid accelerating AI-driven job displacement. The episode also dives into AI-powered retail experiments, Meta’s controversial employee surveillance, and absurd tech headlines — from pasta jar voice recorders to robot half-marathons.
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