“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. 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.
What this show covers
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What listeners will find here
Inside Anthropic’s effort to make Claude “good”
Anthropic’s outreach to religious scholars becomes a jumping-off point for a wider discussion about A.I. consciousness, moral design and Silicon Valley belief systems. The panel also explores where Anthropic diverges from the Vatican and what these debates say about the culture around advanced A.I.
AI assistants get a charm offensive as safety fears keep mounting
A.I. agents are being pitched as friendly personal assistants just as concerns about rogue behavior, weak safety testing and consumer harms intensify. This episode looks at the White House rebrand effort, OpenAI and Meta’s newest tools, and the uneasy trade-off between convenience and risk.
A new chapter for Hard Fork, with Max Read at the mic
This episode introduces what Hard Fork will be for the next few months, with guest host Max Read leading conversations about the tech industry and its effects on everyday life. It’s a reset that lays out the show’s broader focus and the voice guiding it.
Jensen Huang pushes back on A.I. doom in a visit to Nvidia HQ
A.I. alarmism is the focus as Ezra Klein visits Nvidia’s headquarters for a wide-ranging conversation with CEO Jensen Huang. The episode centers on Huang’s case that predictions of imminent A.I. doom are overblown and what that means for the technology’s future.
Why A.I. safety is suddenly everywhere — plus a farewell-style Hard Fork AMA
A.I. safety takes center stage as the episode examines why frontier labs are calling for regulation and why the Trump administration is pushing back. It then shifts into a listener Q&A about the show, tech and what comes next for “Hard Fork.”
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