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“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 www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcas... more

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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... more

SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are all racing to the public markets. We discuss what their I.P.O.s mean for the industry, charitable giving and anyone invested in an index fund. Then, more than 1,000 mathematicians signed a declaration this week raisin... more

The “Hard Fork” team is taking a break this week as we prepare for our upcoming live show in San Francisco.

While we’re away, we’re bringing you a recent episode of “Interesting Times” with Ross Douthat that we really enjoyed.

In this episode, Ross... more

This week, we headed to Mountain View, Calif., for the annual developer event Google I/O. We share our reactions to Google’s biggest announcements, including a revamped search box, new agentic tools that compete with OpenClaw and an updated flash mod... more

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Recent Guests

Sundar Pichai
CEO of Google
Google
Episode: Our Field Trip to Google I/O + A Sit-Down With Sundar Pichai + System Update
Nikesh Arora
CEO and Chairman of Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks
Episode: A.I. Safety Is So Back + Mythos Mayhem with Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express
Joanna Stern
Author, formerly Wall Street Journal, launches New Things; author of I Am Not A Robot
New Things / Author
Episode: Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets? + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School
Rachel Cohn
Hard Fork producer who attended Attention School
The New York Times
Episode: Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets? + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School
Adam Rodman
Internal medicine physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Harvard Medical School
Episode: OpenAI’s Big Reset + A.I. in the Doctor’s Office + Talkie, a pre-1930s LLM
David Duvenaud
Associate professor at University of Toronto; co-creator of Talkie (LLM trained on pre-1930s data)
University of Toronto; Talkie project
Episode: OpenAI’s Big Reset + A.I. in the Doctor’s Office + Talkie, a pre-1930s LLM
Andrew Yang
Former presidential candidate focused on universal basic income
Yang Campaign / Tech for Good
Episode: Tim Cook’s Legacy + The Future of U.B.I. With Andrew Yang + HatGPT
Sebastian Mallaby
Author, The Infinity Machine
Simon & Schuster / The New York Times
Episode: The Future of Addictive Design + Going Deep at DeepMind + HatGPT
Jack Clark
Co-founder and head of policy at Anthropic
Anthropic
Episode: The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?

Hosts

Kevin Roose
Tech columnist at The New York Times; host of Hard Fork; longtime NYT tech columnist with a focus on AI, policy, and tech industry dynamics.
Casey Newton
Technology journalist; co-host of the show; writer focused on platform governance, tech policy, and industry culture.

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 11.9k ratings
  • Inconsistent

    This is often a timely and entertaining insight to current tech, but I’m finding Kevin’s biases toward AI are sometimes steamrolling over objectivity. Today was the day i unsubscribed. It’s been coming for awhile.

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    Cristina_11
    United States6 days ago
  • AI AI AI

    It was a conversation about tech and the future but over the last year or so it feels like they have gone ALL IN on AI and it really dominates the conversation. Might be a sign of the times but would be nice to have an AI free episode from time to time or at least an AI free segment. I feel like I’m at work listening to this amount of hype.

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    Adam_____7
    Australia8 days ago
  • What is with the LAUGHING

    Every time this show appears on my feed, and I find the title compelling, I say to myself, “Oh, I forgot, they laugh like hyenas and make 12yo magician jokes.’” And “like” their voices sound annoying, never mind.

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    scootiemoon0
    United States13 days ago
  • Informative

    This podcast is not liberal. It sounds like its sponsors are AI companies. They don’t really have a more human voice to what is happening in the world regarding AI. The New York Times needs to keep its shareholders happy and I’m sure a lot of their sponsors are tech companies. This isn’t making the world a better place. Just vague AI information at best.

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    4
    Banana145
    United States14 days ago
  • Automatic unsubscribed for me….

    Apple podcast keeps unsubscribing Hard Fork for me and it’s the second time this has happened…. And it’s second week in a roll. Not sure why…

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    United States18 days ago

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Listeners appreciate access to industry insiders and experts across tech, policy, and research.
Balanced, insightful coverage of AI policy, though some listeners feel the humor can overshadow depth.

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Our Field Trip to Google I/O + A Sit-Down With Sundar Pichai + System Update
Q: How is Google positioning itself in the current AI race, and what are the key differentiators of Gemini 3.5 Flash?
Google is aiming to balance speed, scale, and cost, with Gemini 3.5 Flash designed to be notably faster and cheaper than prior frontier models, while expanding capabilities through integration with agentic tools and cloud infrastructure. The emphasis is on practical utility for billions of users and broad deployment, rather than chasing the absolute latest model at any single performance metric.
A.I. Safety Is So Back + Mythos Mayhem with Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express
Q: How does Mythos compare to other frontier models like GPT-5.5 Cyber in defense and security testing?
Mythos and GPT-5.5 Cyber yield different findings depending on grounding and training, and together they illustrate a broader landscape of what modern models can discover, particularly around vulnerabilities and threat analysis.
A.I. Safety Is So Back + Mythos Mayhem with Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express
Q: What is the current trajectory of AI regulation in the US government, and how does Mythos influence it?
Mythos has become a focal point in understanding the risk horizon; internal debates are about how to vet and regulate frontier models to prevent harm, with some factions pushing for stronger pre-release testing and others pushing back against slowing innovation.
Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets? + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School
Q: How did Stern approach writing her book with AI, and what balance did she strike between AI assistance and human input?
She used AI for editing, notes, and fact-checking while relying on a human editor and illustrator for structure and accuracy, emphasizing that AI augmented but did not replace core human work.
Can the U.S. Rein in Prediction Markets? + Joanna Stern on Her Year of A.I. Experiments + Our Producer Goes to Attention School
Q: What was Joanna Stern's motivation for spending a year using AI across her life?
She wanted to explore how AI could reshape everyday tasks, work, and personal life beyond the hype, to understand its real-world impact and potential shifts in journalism and living with technology.

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Hard Fork delivers timely, often provocative discussions at the intersection of technology, policy, and society. Core hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton unpack big tech stories, offer brisk interviews with industry leaders, researchers, and journalists, and close with rapid-fire segments that mix culture and business news. The show consistently centers AI, platform governance, workforce impact, and regulatory dynamics, making it a go-to for listeners who want sharp analysis, behind-the-scenes industry context, and a sense of how tech shifts affect work, politics, and everyday life. Notable strengths include high-level policy and governance conversations paired with insider perspectives from journalists and researchers, plus a lively banter ... more

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