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‘Something Big Is Happening’ + A.I. Rocks the Romance Novel Industry + One Good Thing

February 13, 2026·1h 0m·4-min readconversationaltechnology
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In this episode of Hard Fork, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore the growing AI-driven panic across tech, finance, and creative industries, from falling SaaS stock prices to AI-generated romance novels flooding Amazon, and spotlight quirky but promising AI applications like Spotify’s Pr

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Alexandra Alter

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Kevin RooseFounder of Platformer and co-host of Hard Fork.Alexandra AlterMatt Schumer

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