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August 7, 2026
The White House’s Secret A.I. Rules + The State of Model Alignment With METR’s Chris Painter + The Final Hot Mess Express
A few details from the White House’s A.I. plan have leaked to the news media, but the administration has officially communicated almost nothing.
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August 7, 2026
Replit’s CEO on building a company that can run itself
Amjad Masad on the "self-driving company," why a CEO is a glorified router, and what's left for humans when agents do the work
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August 4, 2026
Notes on the third era of slop
Some platforms are turning against AI-generated content. Others are embracing it. What gives?
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July 31, 2026
Open Model Wars + Claire Stapleton’s Dishy Google Memoir + Substack’s Slop Fight
“It just seems like the temperature is rising on Silicon Valley.”
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July 30, 2026
This AI notetaker won't sell surveillance to your boss
Granola CEO Chris Pedregal on invisible AI bots, the coming fight over who sees your transcripts, and why he turns down the companies that ask for them
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July 28, 2026
A big week for AI denialism
In the wake of OpenAI’s cyberattack against Hugging Face, few seem ready to acknowledge the implications
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July 24, 2026
OpenAI Models Go Rogue + Kimi K3 Freakout + A.I. Superforecasting
“The story that we’re talking about in this segment was science fiction until Tuesday, OK?”
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July 24, 2026
Congress proposes an AI kill switch
As more details emerge about OpenAI's cyberattack against Hugging Face, lawmakers are taking an interest. PLUS: Meta's cynical new ad + "pervert glasses" damage control
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July 22, 2026
The case for making your own apps
Glaze's Thomas Paul Mann on disposable software, the SaaS apocalypse, and why half the software you use in a few years will be something you made. PLUS: OpenAI's rogue model, and the distillation d...
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July 17, 2026
The A.I. Trade Secrets War + Economists Say ‘We Must Act Now’ + HatGPT
“I don’t know if the public understands this, but these companies hate each other.”
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July 17, 2026
China has a new top model
Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 is very good — but the hype may be getting ahead of reality. (For now.)
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July 14, 2026
The man who tried 200 to-do apps has some advice about AI
The Verge's David Pierce kicks off our new series on staying productive in the AI era — starting with why you should stop trying to stay ahead
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July 14, 2026
The loudest warning about AI and jobs yet
200 economists and AI leaders say something big is happening. What should we do about it? Plus: Apple sues OpenAI
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July 10, 2026
Do Social Media Bans Work? + A Conversation About A.I. Consciousness + Tool Time
“If the net result is that all the teens in Australia are still using social media, even after they’re technically banned from doing it, why are we doing any of this?”
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July 10, 2026
OpenAI's big launch — and bigger departure
GPT-5.6 impresses the critics, but Fidji Simo's exit leaves OpenAI's focus — and its org chart — in flux. PLUS: Meta plays catch-up, and the "AI 2027" authors present "AI 2040."
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July 8, 2026
Vibe coding has escaped the terminal
Adventures with Raycast’s new app-making app, Glaze
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July 3, 2026
Fable Ban Reversed + Dr. Dana Suskind on Parenting With A.I. + Prediction Market Drama
What we learned from the government’s biggest attempt yet to control who can gain access to the most powerful new A.I. models.
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July 3, 2026
Why social media bans are gaining steam
How a recent talk by researcher Candice Odgers explains why ban critics are losing
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July 2, 2026
Why the tech industry can't keep up with the AI backlash
AI's externalities are growing faster than the industry can address them
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June 24, 2026
The CEO of AWS on why Amazon is hiring 11,000 interns and junior employees
Matt Garman argues that junior employees are as necessary as ever. But AWS now sells agents that can recruit, code, and process claims. Will the balance hold?
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June 19, 2026
‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 3: Differing Visions of an A.I. Future
One final episode from our live event, featuring a debate, questions from listeners and the dramatic and unplanned collapse of a dancing robot.
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June 17, 2026
How the ‘Hard Fork’ Hosts Bring Their Tech Podcast to a Live Audience
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explain why they try to include “a little chaos” when they record their New York Times tech podcast in front of a crowd in San Francisco.
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June 17, 2026
‘Hard Fork’ Live Part 2: Dylan Field on Standing Out in the A.I. Era
“I think if you have a creative voice in writing or design, you put yourself out there and you take a risk — this is a good time to do that,” said the Figma chief executive Dylan Field.
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June 17, 2026
This founder isn’t hiring junior engineers anymore
And yes, AI is a factor. Replika and Wabi founder Eugenia Kuyda on how advances in coding changed her hiring calculus
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June 12, 2026
‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn
A tech titan, a digital rights defender and two menacing-looking robot dogs took the stage at our second-ever live show.
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June 12, 2026
Five things I learned from a conversation with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
Highlights from Hard Fork Live, including Figma CEO Dylan Field on why design isn’t dead
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June 10, 2026
How to help knowledge workers who lose their jobs to AI
Brookings Institution researcher Molly Kinder on why she's leaving her job to create solution for AI's "messy middle." PLUS: Claude Fable arrives
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June 9, 2026
The Holdup at the Center of the Iran Talks, and Trump’s Baseless New Claims of Voter Fraud
Plus, “I’m busy, but you can talk to my A.I. twin.”
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June 5, 2026
Hot I.P.O. Summer + What Is A.I. Doing to Math? + HatGPT
“We are on track to see what might be the three biggest I.P.O.s of all time.”
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June 4, 2026
The Oversight Board knocks Meta over unwarranted account bans
After hundreds of users submitted public comments, the board says it's clear the company has a problem
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