A little something for everyone: lawsuits, fighter jets and Casey in a bucket hat.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Larissa Anderson, Corey Schreppel, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Will a social media warning really help children’s mental health?
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
“They really sort of make you feel like it’s Christmas and Coachella at the same time.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Corey Schreppel
It turns out A.I. is surprisingly Canadian.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Diane Wong, Pat McCusker and Marion Lozano
“Pass me the nontoxic glue and a couple of rocks, because it’s time to whip up a meal with Google’s new A.I. Overviews.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Brad Fisher, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman, Rowan Niemisto and Diane Wong
“Did you ever think we would have a literal Avenger fighting back against the relentless march of A.I.? Because that’s sort of what this story is about.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
It’s been a week of A.I. vertigo — the feeling that we’ve been dragged five years into the future and aren’t sure what to do about it.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Isaac Jones, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Rowan Niemisto
They gave him notes on his outfits and reassurance before a big talk, and they shared made-up gossip about each other.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano
A synthetic chief executive, a bot trained on employees’ personalities, and a regular duel with ChatGPT — our listeners brought us their stories.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Rowan Niemisto
“A clock is ticking on one of America’s most famous apps.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
“I feel like we’ve been at the club. I need some water and some electrolytes.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
I’d rather not tell you what’s in this episode. It’s private.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell and Rowan Niemisto
“I’ve always said if you have a ChatGPT subscription and a hose, you can get very far in this life.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Pat McCusker, Corey Schreppel and Diane Wong
“Being a C.E.O. sucks. Elon was right. It is like looking into the abyss and chewing glass.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
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“We’ll see you in court.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
Maybe go ahead and download your favorite TikToks.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano
Just when we thought the feud was cooling off, OpenAI pulled out the receipts.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Daniel Ramirez, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Diane Wong
We finally invited someone on the podcast who is meaner to Casey than Kevin is.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Diane Wong
The mind behind DeepMind.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Pat McCusker
A special Valentine’s Day look back.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Pat McCusker
Plus, more ancient scrolls deciphered using artificial intelligence, Google’s chatbot updates, and a fight between record labels and TikTok.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Paula Szuchman
Introducing DJ TaskRabbit.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Dan Powell, Rowan Niemisto, Paula Szuchman and Chris Wood
Strangely a lot of pro wrestling in this episode.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Kate LoPresti, Jen Poyant, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Corey Schreppel
“Two truly terrible ways to make money this week.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, David Yaffe-Bellany, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Dan Powell
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It’s a drug episode.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Diane Wong and Pat McCusker
“This is sort of the big kahuna.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Kate LoPresti, Jen Poyant, Daniel Ramirez, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Pat McCusker
Plus, a very special “Hard Fork” holiday surprise.
By Kevin Roose and Casey Newton
Looks like Google is on the naughty list this year.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
Like the Cybertruck, this podcast is bulletproof.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Sophia Lanman
It’s full steam ahead for the tech world despite, well, everything.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
Fired, then hired to the same post.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Daniel Ramirez, Corey Schreppel and Dan Powell
Tech’s wildest weekend.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell and Marion Lozano
“Probably the most shocking tech story of the year.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Corey Schreppel, Dan Powell and Marion Lozano
The companies changing our phones, our media and our meat.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Emily Lang, Jen Poyant, Daniel Ramirez, Dan Powell, Rowan Niemisto and Diane Wong
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“On this podcast, we’re automating the haters.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Chris Wood, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Dan Powell
“It’s America, you can always sue.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Emily Lang, Jen Poyant, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Sophia Lanman
Dozens of states sue Meta, we get advice from a pro YouTuber and we examine impressive advancements in artificial intelligence image generators.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell and Rowan Niemisto
New ways we’re understanding A.I. models, the musings of a billionaire venture capitalist, and the first word from an ancient scroll.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell and Rowan Niemisto
The Israel-Hamas war highlights X’s moderation failures. What should be social media’s role in global conflict?
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
How long can Google hold on to its jackpot of business models?
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Diane Wong
A.I. companies deliver yet another batch of impressive updates.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Sophia Lanman
Don’t fire your psychoanalyst just yet.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell and Pat McCusker
It’s been a bumpy ride for the most important players in tech.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Sophia Lanman
“We’re better behind keyboards, not behind wrenches.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Davis Land, Jen Poyant, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano
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From building productivity apps to building new cities — tech tries to reinvent the world, again.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
You gotta give it to the A.I. — some of these really are bangers.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell and Marion Lozano
Sam Bankman-Fried lands himself back in jail.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Sophia Lanman, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
Backlash to technology online and on the streets.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Sophia Lanman, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Diane Wong
The only thing harder than making a room temperature superconductor may be passing internet regulation.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano
X marks the spot where Twitter died.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Diane Wong
“I would certainly rather Claude be boring than that Claude be dangerous”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
Kevin and Casey answer your questions.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
Instagram Threads — it’s like Twitter, except it’s not run by Elon Musk.
By Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell and Rowan Niemisto
The missing ingredient in A.I. content might soon be human-generated content.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
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Generative artificial intelligence can increasingly do the work of creatives — so why aren’t we seeing more A.I. ads and A.I. actors?
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Social platforms are entering a strange and uncertain future.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
This isn’t the first time Apple has introduced a bulky piece of hardware that nobody is sure people will want to buy. Can Apple pull off another wearable revolution?
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Corey Schreppel, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
“It’s like if you were told that there’s going to be a world-conquering dictator and it’s Mr. Bean.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Plus, Kevin and Casey react to this week’s tech headlines.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
OpenAI’s chief executive urged congress to pass legislation to regulate A.I.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Long-awaited tech like A.I., 3-D telepresence and driverless cars is finally reaching the public.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Is Bluesky the long-awaited heir to Twitter?
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Is A.I. the future of the music industry? Musicians are split.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Paula Szuchman, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
How Times journalists tracked down the alleged leaker of top secret military intelligence.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
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How do you make sense of all the different philosophical camps surrounding A.I.?
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
“Am I concerned? Yes. Am I optimistic and excited about all the potential of this technology? Incredibly.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
Google has unleashed its A.I. chatbot, Bard, to the world. And Spotify’s A.I. D.J. knows your taste — perhaps a little too well.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Live from the South by Southwest festival in Austin, a conversation with the assistant attorney general Jonathan Kanter.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell and Marion Lozano
Then, Mark Zuckerberg rethinks Meta’s strategy.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Also, how Waluigi may explain why A.I. chatbots are misbehaving.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Is crypto dead? Or only mostly dead?
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
And what Meta’s new paid verification program means for the future of social media.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Then, online ads have gotten bad — and that might be OK.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano
OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, and Microsoft’s chief technology officer, Kevin Scott, on an A.I.-powered Bing.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
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Casey becomes a content moderator, Kevin breaks some news on OpenAI and Instagram’s co-founder reveals his new project.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Plus, we play the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s video game “Dookey Dash.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Shreeya Sinha, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
And, a cautionary tale for the media using A.I.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Shreeya Sinha, Paula Szuchman, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano
Also, why teenagers are buying old digital cameras.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano
TikTok skeptics now have a smoking gun.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
The disgraced cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried used “old-fashioned embezzlement,” according to the new FTX chief executive.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Sara Sarasohn, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano
OpenAI’s new chatbot is a coder, a teacher, a potential Google killer, and … a friend?
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Rowan Niemisto and Alyssa Moxley
Musk takes on tech’s fight against the Apple “tax.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Sophia Lanman, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell and Elisheba Ittoop
Sam Bankman-Fried’s DMs go public, and Congress announces an investigation. Tech’s nightmare November continues.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Sophia Lanman, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Elisheba Ittoop
Plus: Is the latest round of tech layoffs a sign of impending doom, or a much-needed structural correction?
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Corey Schreppel, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Elisheba Ittoop
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A radical shake-up is underway at the social media company.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Corey Schreppel, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Elisheba Ittoop
The world’s richest man just closed the deal, promising that the company won’t become a ‘hellscape’, appointing himself ‘Chief Twit’ and promptly firing top executives.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Corey Schreppel, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Elisheba Ittoop
Emad Mostaque, the founder of Stability AI, says his Stable Diffusion image generator is the key to unlocking creativity. His critics say it’s a potential threat.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Corey Schreppel, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Elisheba Ittoop
Big tech is staring down the future.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Hanna Ingber, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Elisheba Ittoop, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto
Is the $44 billion Twitter deal actually for real this time? Our hosts disagree.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Davis Land, Paula Szuchman, Hanna Ingber, Corey Schreppel, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Elisheba Ittoop
A weekly look at the future that’s already here. Listen to the trailer of our new tech podcast.
By The ‘Hard Fork’ Team
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