Episodes: 4
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.3/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100,000 - 1M
Gender skew: Male
Listener location: USA
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Kevin Roose - New York Times journalist and technology columnist covering artificial intelligence, technology, and its effects on society.
Casey Newton - Technology journalist and founder of Platformer, covering technology companies, social platforms, and the impact of technology on society.
Jasmine Sun - Data-center Opposition, AI Infrastructure, And The Political Coalitions Forming Against AI Buildout.
Ajeya Cotra - The Openai-hugging Face Hacking Incident, Rogue AI Agents, Chain-of-thought Transcripts, And Responses To AI Risks.
Arvind Narayanan - Whether Data-center Bans Can Slow AI Progress And The Relationship Between AI Infrastructure And Technological Development.
Jill Lepore - AI Governance, Corporate Power, And The Implications Of Rule By Machines Manufactured By Corporations.
A.I. Agents: Cute, Cuddly and Maybe Catastrophically Dangerous?
October 02, 2026
This week, after months in which rogue agents have caused havoc across the internet, tech’s most powerful leaders joined President Trump at the White House to rebrand A.I. At the same time, two of the biggest companies in the field — OpenAI and Meta — released what they say are their most useful (and cutest) A.I. tools to date: personal assistants. To discuss it all, we’re joined by the Times tech reporters Mike Isaac, Erin Griffith and Eli Tan. We’ll discuss how things can be more dangerous ...
What’s Next for ‘Hard Fork’?
October 01, 2026
For the next few months on “Hard Fork,” join the guest host Max Read and an array of Times reporters and experts as we zoom out, catch up and try to understand both what’s happening inside the tech industry and what tech is doing to all of us.Meet the HostMax Read has been writing about technology and the internet for more than a decade, most recently in his weekly newsletter, Read Max. His writing has appeared over the years in various publications with the words “New York” in the title, inc...
The Ezra Klein Show: Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far
September 25, 2026
In this episode, Ezra travels to Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., for a wide-ranging conversation with the chief executive Jensen Huang about the future of A.I. and why he thinks predictions of imminent doom are overblown. Guests:Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia Additional Reading:A transcript and video of this episode can be found here.America’s A.I. Leaders Warn U.N. of Possible Peril Absent a Global ResponseAnthropic Releases a New A.I. Model, Opus 5.5, Amid S...
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