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Hard Fork

The New York Times

“Hard Fork” is a show about the future that’s already here. Each week, New York Times journalists explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. 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.

Episodes · 25

A.I. Agents: Cute, Cuddly and Maybe Catastrophically Dangerous?

Oct 2, 2026 · 53m

What’s Next for ‘Hard Fork’?

Oct 1, 2026 · 2m

The Ezra Klein Show: Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far

Sep 25, 2026 · 1h 48m

A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMA

Sep 18, 2026 · 1h 24m

The Ezra Klein Show: The A.I. Revolt Is Here

Sep 11, 2026 · 1h 19m

The A.I. Mob That Attacked Hugging Face + METR’s Ajeya Cotra

Sep 4, 2026 · 1h 18m

Meta Shifts the Blame + Do Data Center Bans Work? + The Final HatGPT

Aug 28, 2026 · 1h 2m

OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought

Aug 21, 2026 · 1h 3m

Zuckerberg’s Anti-Doom Fantasy + Finally an A.I. Detector That Works + A.I. Math

Aug 14, 2026 · 1h 3m

The White House’s Secret A.I. Rules + The State of Model Alignment With METR’s Chris Painter + The Final Hot Mess Express

Aug 7, 2026 · 1h 5m

Open Model Wars + Claire Stapleton's Dishy Google Memoir + Substack's Slop Fight

Jul 31, 2026 · 1h 6m

OpenAI Models Go Rogue + Kimi K3 Freakout + A.I. Superforecasting

Jul 24, 2026 · 1h 8m

The A.I. Trade Secrets War + Economists Say ‘We Must Act Now’ + HatGPT

Jul 17, 2026 · 1h 9m

Do Social Media Bans Work? + A Conversation About A.I. Consciousness + Tool Time

Jul 10, 2026 · 1h 19m

Fable Ban Reversed + Dr. Dana Suskind on Parenting With A.I. + Prediction Market Drama

Jul 3, 2026 · 1h 6m

‘The Daily’ and ‘The Opinions’: How A.I. Is Changing Loneliness and Taste

Jun 26, 2026 · 59m

‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 3: Differing Visions of an A.I. Future

Jun 19, 2026 · 56m

‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 2: Dylan Field on Standing Out in the A.I. Era

Jun 17, 2026 · 31m

‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn

Jun 12, 2026 · 1h 6m

Hot I.P.O Summer + What Is A.I. Doing to Math? + HatGPT

Jun 5, 2026 · 1h 4m

Interesting Times: Why Are We Still Driving?

May 29, 2026 · 58m

Our Field Trip to Google I/O + A Sit-Down With Sundar Pichai + System Update

May 22, 2026 · 55m

A.I. Safety Is So Back + Mythos Mayhem with Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express

May 15, 2026 · 1h 7m

Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets? + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School

May 8, 2026 · 1h 12m

OpenAI’s Big Reset + A.I. in the Doctor’s Office + Talkie, a pre-1930s LLM

May 1, 2026 · 1h 9m