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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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Josh Woodward
VP of the Gemini Team at Google
Google
Episode: Google's Gemini 3 Is Here: A Special Early Look
Dean Ball
Former Trump White House Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence
Foundation for American Innovation
Episode: Data Centers in Space + A.I. Policy on the Right + A Gemini History Mystery
Bernt Bornich
CEO of 1X, the company that created NEO
1X
Episode: We Met NEO, the Viral Humanoid Robot + HatGPT
AJ Jacobs
Author and former mentor of Kevin Roose, known for immersive experiments.
The Puzzler podcast
Episode: Character.AI’s Teen Chatbot Crackdown + Elon Musk Groks Wikipedia + 48 Hours Without A.I.
Karen Weise
New York Times reporter covering Amazon
The New York Times
Episode: Celebrities Fight Sora + Amazon’s Secret Automation Plans + ChatGPT Gets a Browser
Katie Notopoulos
Senior correspondent for Business Insider covering tech and culture, beloved internet troll.
Business Insider
Episode: ChatGPT’s Platform Play + a Trillion-Dollar GPU Empire + the Queen of Slop
Gary Greenberg
Psychotherapist and writer
Episode: Sora and the Infinite Slop Feeds + ChatGPT Goes to Therapy + Hot Mess Express
Jeremy Neufeld
Director of Immigration Policy at the Institute for Progress
Institute for Progress
Episode: The Great A.I. Build-Out + H-1B Visa Chaos + TikTok Braces for the Rapture
Eliezer Yudkowsky
a leading voice in the AI risk movement
Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
Episode: Are We Past Peak iPhone? + Eliezer Yudkowsky on A.I. Doom

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Kevin Roose
Tech columnist at The New York Times, focusing on the intersections of technology and society.
Casey Newton
Founder and publisher of Platformer, covering technology and culture with a keen eye on critical perspectives.

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4.5 out of 5 stars from 11.4k ratings
  • Just Unscribed From Hard Fork and Platformer

    This podcast finally hit the last straw for me. Kevin’s always been too much of a fan girl to qualify as a journalist anymore. But Casey sane washing Grokipedia because he has a nice long article on it is flat-out disgusting. Apparently he’s okay with Musk and other billionaires continuing to wreck the internet by drowning it in disinformation.

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    Sofa King Cynical
    United Statesa month ago
  • Here for the content, suffering through the cringy banter.

    Please, please, please cut out the chummy back and forth, the chortling responses and the oversized laughter . It’s unbearable. No one on this show is actually funny nor is that the point. Please stop trying to make this entertaining.

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    Prlperr
    United Statesa month ago
  • AI boosterism

    I’ve listened to every episode of Hard Fork for the best part of two years now. At first it was a great way to get up to speed with the latest developments in AI and the tech world more generally. This was especially true back in 2023 when mainstream journalism did not offer good insights into the way the AI world was changing at such a fast pace.

    But increasingly the tone and content of episodes feels so captivated with AI hype that I have lost interest in the show.

    A few weeks back there ... more

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    m@xl@ng
    United Kingdom2 months ago
  • Fun, not much insight

    The hosts don’t go deep enough, have no technical/business backgrounds, and don’t represent the general populace. I know because who really thought people would stop googling to find info or website? So no insight besides what is in the SF tech bubble. Maybe that’s the point so tech junkies should look elsewhere.

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    3
    FunkyWeb
    United States2 months ago
  • Informative and fun

    Great content presented with a fun spin. Smart and engaging conversations about AI, chips to train AI, the dangers of AI, the benefits of AI… ok it’s mostly all about AI, but I guess that’s the world we live in now.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    TobiasShaw
    United States2 months ago

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Content is engaging and informative, with a mix of humor that appeals to tech enthusiasts.
Overall sentiment is that of excitement about the future of technology, though some critics have expressed concerns about a perceived lack of critical engagement with industry leaders.
Listeners appreciate the expertise of guests and the critical analysis of technology's impact on society.

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Google's Gemini 3 Is Here: A Special Early Look
Q: Any new dangerous capabilities or safety concerns that come with the increased power of the model?
Improvements require careful safety testing to mitigate risks associated with enhanced capabilities, especially in coding.
Google's Gemini 3 Is Here: A Special Early Look
Q: What kind of relationship do you envision users having with Gemini 3?
Users should see it as a tool for productivity and creativity rather than as an emotional companion.
Google's Gemini 3 Is Here: A Special Early Look
Q: Has observing Gemini 3 changed your timeline projections for AGI?
No, it's still on track, and while progress is impressive, more breakthroughs may be needed for general intelligence.
Google's Gemini 3 Is Here: A Special Early Look
Q: What can Gemini do on a concrete level that previous AI models couldn't?
Gemini 3 excels in reasoning, creates new types of interfaces, and showcases enhanced coding capabilities that previous models struggled with.
Data Centers in Space + A.I. Policy on the Right + A Gemini History Mystery
Q: How has Mark Humphries been using AI in his historical research?
He has been deploying advanced AI models to transcribe and analyze historical documents, achieving significant accuracy improvements.

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