# ![@hardfork Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:youtube::UCZcR2SVWaGWNlMqPxvQS3vw.png) @hardfork Hard Fork

Hard Fork posts on YouTube about ai, newton, new york, casey the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  42.24% [stocks](/list/stocks)  14.66% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  11.21% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  9.48% [countries](/list/countries)  7.76% [finance](/list/finance)  5.17% [gaming](/list/gaming)  1.72% [exchanges](/list/exchanges)  0.86% [events](/list/events)  0.86% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  0.86%

**Social topic influence**
[ai](/topic/ai) 40.52%, [newton](/topic/newton) #414, [new york](/topic/new-york) #2413, [casey](/topic/casey) 21.55%, [$nyt](/topic/$nyt) #95, [times](/topic/times) #1069, [tech](/topic/tech) 17.24%, [open ai](/topic/open-ai) 17.24%, [hosts](/topic/hosts) 15.52%, [the new](/topic/the-new) #3839

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@kevinroose](/creator/undefined) [@crumbler](/creator/undefined) [@hardforkisfromwebapp1senderdevicepc](/creator/undefined) [@hardforkisf](/creator/undefined) [@pj](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[New York Times Co. (NYT)](/topic/$nyt) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) [Slop (SLOP)](/topic/slop)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"We Asked Roblox's C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense. EP [---] Today Roblox has more than [---] million daily active users and functions as one of the primary online gathering places for preteens. But precisely because Roblox is so popular with children it has also attracted the attention of adult predators. We spoke to Roblox's C.E.O. David Baszucki about how the company is responding to allegations that it has become unsafe for children and the new measures the gaming platform says its now implementing to protect them. For more on this episode visit:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XpIXRgMlPo4)  2025-11-21T17:57Z 52.6K followers, 221.3K engagements


"Should You Be Afraid of the SaaSpocalypse This week we discuss Wall Streets software-stock sell-off and a viral essay on X about the potential for widespread job displacement from A.I. Then the New York Times reporter Alexandra Alter walks us through the process that a growing number of writers are adopting to churn out romance novels with help from A.I. chatbots. Finally we each share one bit of good tech-related news a new way to make playlists on Spotify and progress toward decoding whale sounds. Guest: Alexandra Alter a New York Times reporter covering books and publishing. Additional"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_1KQRPtgiM0)  2026-02-13T12:01Z 52.6K followers, 12.1K engagements


"Practical Tips for Understanding A.I. Hype Casey Newton and Kevin Roose the hosts of the "Hard Fork" podcast from The New York Times give practical advice for people looking to understand the hype reality and potential of A.I. in their everyday lives. tech news ai artificial intelligence A.I. Kevin Roose Casey Newton nyt New York Times tech news ai artificial intelligence A.I. Kevin Roose Casey Newton nyt New York Times"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OcIuM6sYoRE)  2026-02-13T23:59Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Was Hank Green Right About the AI Water Problem We Asked This Environmentalist. EP [---] This week the blogger Andy Masley joins us to separate fact from fiction on the topic of A.I. water use which Hank Green recently made a video about. Does A.I. really drain our water supply Or is this a distraction from more pressing environmental concerns Then Australia implemented the most aggressive social media ban in a democracy to date kicking children under [--] off [--] of the most popular social platforms. We discuss how the platforms lost the argument around child safety and whether others will follow"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jCZIKA13KYI)  2025-12-12T20:15Z 52.6K followers, 13.6K engagements


"Elon Musk's Edge in the A.I. Race Casey Newton and Kevin Roose the hosts of the "Hard Fork" podcast from The New York Times discuss Musk's advantage in the A.I. race amid the news that SpaceX is acquiring his xAI company. tech news ai artificial intelligence A.I. Kevin Roose Casey Newton nyt New York Times Elon Musk SpaceX xAI tech news ai artificial intelligence A.I. Kevin Roose Casey Newton nyt New York Times Elon Musk SpaceX xAI"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0vvGUte71fI)  2026-02-07T00:30Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Sam Altman on the barriers to Artificial General Intelligence #machinelearning #openai"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CoKhqTlD5gk)  2023-11-22T21:38Z 52.4K followers, 74.4K engagements


"Can You Teach Claude to be Good Meet Anthropic Philosopher Amanda Askell Ads are coming to ChatGPTs free and low-cost subscription tiers. We explain what theyll look like why OpenAI is taking this approach and whether the company can court advertising dollars without compromising quality and user trust. Then Amanda Askell Anthropics in-house philosopher in charge of shaping Claudes personality joins us to discuss the companys newly released Claude Constitution and what it takes to teach a chatbot to be good. As a bonus check out our tutorial on how to get started with Claude Code:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HDfr8PvfoOw)  2026-01-23T17:32Z 52.6K followers, 20.6K engagements


"SpaceX Buys xAI: Could Musk's Mega Merger Actually Work This week the A.I. initial-public-offering race is heating up We break down SpaceXs acquisition of xAI as well as OpenAI and Nvidias messy situationship. Then its time for show and tell. We got our hands on the latest experimental A.I. prototype from Google called Project Genie and we discuss our experience using it to generate and navigate video-game-like environments. Finally were joined by Moltbooks founder Matt Schlicht to discuss his new social media platform for A.I. agents and how hes planning to deal with security risks and spam"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I9vRCYtzYD8)  2026-02-06T20:00Z 52.6K followers, 17.1K engagements


"Will A.I. Kill Us All Our Guest Says It Might. Interview Eliezer Yudkowsky one of the most fascinating people in A.I. has a new book coming out: If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies. He joins us to make the case for why A.I. development should be shut down now long before we reach superintelligence and how he thinks that could happen. This is a clip from Hard Fork episode [---] https://youtu.be/UDLiWTXaGeo Guests: Eliezer Yudkowsky founder of Machine Intelligence Research Institute and a co-author of If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies Additional Reading: A.I.s Prophet of Doom Wants to Shut It All"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KKN0E3a2Yzs)  2025-09-13T10:00Z 52.2K followers, 24.6K engagements


"Sam Altman on the dangers of AI two days before being fired from OpenAI. #apocalypse #ai"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QpsHb8JB3kA)  2023-11-21T21:16Z 52.4K followers, 11.1K engagements


"Why Google Wants to Put Data Centers in Space EP [---] This week we talk about Googles new plan to build data centers in space. Then were joined by Dean Ball a former adviser at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Ball worked on the Trump administrations A.I. Action Plan and he shares his inside view on how those policies came together. Finally Professor Mark Humphries joins us to talk about a strange Gemini model that offered mind-blowing results on a challenging research problem. For more on this episode go to"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UBe4_V04Okg)  2025-11-14T18:26Z 52.5K followers, 13.8K engagements


"Sam Altman talks the NYT lawsuit Meta's talent poaching and Trump on AI Interview This week we present a clip from our first ever Hard Fork Live Sam Altman and Brad Lightcap CEO and COO of OpenAI joined us on stage in front of a crowd of more than [---] people to talk about building A.I. hardware OpenAI's relationship to Microsoft and Meta and A.I. and jobs. This is just one segment from our jam-packed live show. The full episode is coming soon. Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech."  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cT63mvqN54o)  2025-06-25T20:06Z 52.2K followers, 82.2K engagements


"Why We're Crazy About Claude Code Let's vibecode a website Kevin and Casey have become obsessed with vibecoding (using an A.I. tool to build software and web pages). But after building dozens of personal projects and hearing about what our listeners have been building we realized not everyone knows how to use these tools. So this week we are bringing you a step-by-step tutorial on how to build a web page using Claude Code. Give it a try and keep sending us your vibecoded projects Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro to Vibecoding 00:00:57 - Do you want to build a website 00:06:02 - Refining our first"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ji_xpQzZDHo)  2026-01-22T14:35Z 52.6K followers, 19.4K engagements


"We Have to Talk About Moltbook . Moltbook a Reddit-style web forum for A.I. agents has captured the attention of the tech world. According to the site more than [---] million agents have contributed to over [------] posts making it the largest experiment to date of what happens when A.I. agents interact with each other. We discuss our favorite posts how were thinking about the question of what's real on the site and where we expect agents to go from here. For more on this episode go to: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/podcasts/moltbook-mania-explained.html Hard Fork is a weekly look into the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uARkJmhk9kE)  2026-02-04T19:40Z 52.6K followers, 15K engagements


"LinkedIn Introduces Vibecoding Badges Casey Newton and Kevin Roose the hosts of "Hard Fork" from The New York Times discuss the recent news that LinkedIn will partner with A.I. companies to assess vibecoding expertise through profile badges. tech news podcast nyt The New York Times linkedin vibecoding badges tech news podcast nyt The New York Times linkedin vibecoding badges"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uKhvTCSmA8I)  2026-01-31T14:01Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Experimenting With Google's Project Genie Casey Newton and Kevin Roose the hosts of the "Hard Fork" podcast from The New York Times discuss their experience using the latest experimental A.I. prototype from Google Project Genie and show off the videos they generated to navigate video-game-like environments. tech news ai artificial intelligence A.I. Google Kevin Roose Casey Newton nyt New York Times Project Genie video game tech news ai artificial intelligence A.I. Google Kevin Roose Casey Newton nyt New York Times Project Genie video game"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zfU8Mi_gIqA)  2026-02-10T13:01Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"R.I.P. AOL An AI Disgrace & Billionaires Fighting Clip We rate the craziest tech stories of the week in our game Hot Mess Express. Additional Reading: Elon Musk Threatens to Sue Apple Over Claims It Favors OpenAI https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/technology/elon-musk-apple-openai-xai.html U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/us-government-nvidia-amd-chips-china.html Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech."  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=G7glhwjZUVw)  2025-08-18T12:30Z 48.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Finally Some Common-Sense A.I. Regulation #podcast #ai #news This week Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times discuss the slate of new artificial intelligence laws recently passed in California"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GCA-VA8sPcw)  2025-10-18T12:45Z 51.4K followers, [----] engagements


"AI Hype vs Reality: What's Overhyped and Underhyped #podcast #ai #tech Sam Rodriques a founder of the artificial intelligence science lab FutureHouse tells us what A.I. and tech live up to the hype in a game with Kevin Roose and Casey Newton hosts of the Hard Fork podcast. Medicine research AI clinical trials healthcare technology Hard Fork Kevin Roose Casey Newton Podcast News New York Times Automation Data Medicine research AI clinical trials healthcare technology Hard Fork Kevin Roose Casey Newton Podcast News New York Times Automation Data"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GowypZzzYgI)  2025-12-27T13:00Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Metas Race to Build Superintelligence EP [---] This week Meta hits the reset button on A.I. But will a new research lab and a multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI bring the company any closer to its stated goal of superintelligence Then we break down Apples big developer conference WWDC: What was announced what was noticeably absent and why Apple seems a little stuck in the past. Finally a couple of weeks ago we asked if your job is being automated away its time to open up the listener mail bag and hear what you said. Additional Reading: Meta looks for an A.I. reset"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gw5lB1Jo-bM)  2025-06-13T19:01Z 51K followers, 21K engagements


"NotebookLM Blew Our Mind Interview Steven Johnson a writer and editorial director at Google Labs stops by to talk about the companys new hit NotebookLM which uses A.I. to turn even boring PDFs such as user manuals and Kevins bank records into chatty disturbingly good podcasts. This is a clip from episode 102: https://youtu.be/VyQox7MMjG8 Guest: Steven Johnson author and editorial director NotebookLM Additional Reading: A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/magazine/ai-language.html Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IPAPv6fWITM)  2024-09-28T10:00Z 48.4K followers, 145.1K engagements


"The No. [--] Most Iconic Technology of [----] Casey Newton and Kevin Roose hosts of Hard Fork from The New York Times rank the [--] most iconic technologies of [----] and reveal their number one choice. Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=kZ5Jq2Is888 data centers AI hard fork podcast tech technology data centers AI hard fork podcast tech technology"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JZqwKyZlDMU)  2025-11-29T13:00Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Drama with MrBeast Samsung's Galaxy Ring and Friend A.I. Clip All aboard the Hot Mess Express Its time to rate the messiest stories in tech. For more on this episode go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/podcasts/sora-and-the-infinite-slop-feeds-chatgpt-goes-to-therapy-hot-mess-express.html Additional Reading: YouTube Settles Trump Lawsuit Over Account Suspension for $24.5 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/technology/youtube-trump-lawsuit-settlement.html Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KLN0MTUqYAM)  2025-10-06T12:00Z 51K followers, [----] engagements


"This Therapist Psychoanalyzed A.I. Interview This week the psychotherapist Gary Greenberg stops by to discuss his recent New Yorker essay about treating ChatGPT as a patient and why what he saw left him unsettled. For more on this episode go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/podcasts/sora-and-the-infinite-slop-feeds-chatgpt-goes-to-therapy-hot-mess-express.html Guest: Gary Greenberg writer and psychotherapist https://www.garygreenbergonline.com/ Additional Reading: Putting ChatGPT on the Couch https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/putting-chatgpt-on-the-couch What My"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KaOYS9yvaqk)  2025-10-05T12:00Z 45.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Sam Altman Would Let His Kid Have A.I. Friends #technology #podcast #ai Sam Altman the founder of OpenAI spoke with Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times about why he is open to letting his child have an A.I. companion"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LF7NlWEVvjk)  2025-07-03T15:00Z 48.8K followers, [----] engagements


"First Impressions of ChatGPT Atlas Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times discuss their first impressions from experimenting with OpenAI's newly released ChatGPT Atlas browser"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M1LKerosACg)  2025-10-28T14:15Z 45.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Meet the Founders Looking to Automate All Jobs Interview This week the co-founders of the startup Mechanize defend their efforts to automate away all jobs starting with software engineering. And finally we take a trip to the movie theater. M3GAN [---] is out next week so its star Allison Williams joins us to discuss the film and A.I.s impact on her career and parenting. Guests: Matthew Barnett and Ege Erdil co-founders of Mechanize. https://www.mechanize.work/ Additional Reading: This A.I. Company Wants to Take Your Job https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/technology/ai-mechanize-jobs.html Hard"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M5Lycj5IRwQ)  2025-06-22T12:00Z 46.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Cybertruck Recalled #tesla #cybertruck #recall #electriccar"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MDczM1hx34w)  2024-04-26T23:26Z 45.6K followers, [----] engagements


"What Does the Right Think About A.I. #ai #podcast Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of Hard Fork at The New York Times talk with Dean Ball a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation on how the right and the MAGA movement view A.I"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MITu1_2LgCk)  2025-11-18T13:30Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Allison Williams on A.I. Parenting and 'M3GAN 2.0' The actress Allison Williams discusses how the tension she feels using ChatGPT to answer her child's questions mimics themes in her most recent film "M3GAN 2.0." Listen to the full interview at youtube.com/hardfork"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MeF4bnJeBf0)  2025-06-25T14:11Z 46.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Assassination Conspiracy Theories Flood The Web EP [--] This week an assassination attempt for the social media age: what the platforms got right and wrong in the chaotic aftermath. Then we talk with the Times reporter Teddy Schleifer from this weeks Republican National Convention in Milwaukee about the wave of Silicon Valley billionaires stepping up to back Trump. And finally we talk to The Timess Styles reporter Callie Holtermann about facial fitness gum a jawmaxxing product targeted at teen boys online. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:50 - This Week on Hard Fork 00:01:04 - Kevins new"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MjqmntM4eF0)  2024-07-20T05:31Z 49.6K followers, [----] engagements


"How Siri Is Ruining A.I. Hard Fork Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of Hard Fork at The New York Times meet up to talk about how Apples Siri tool has caused headaches for consumers for more than a decade leading to a general distrust in the rapidly increasing capabilities of A.I"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NTdQ6kLP9Cw)  2025-03-14T19:07Z 51K followers, [----] engagements


"What's in the U.S. Government's 'A.I. Action Plan' EP [---] On Wednesday President Trump signed three A.I.-related executive orders and the White House released Americas A.I. Action Plan. We break down whats in them how the federal government intends to target political bias in chatbot output and whether anyone will stand up against it. Then do we hype up A.I. too much Are we downplaying potential harms We reached out to several prominent researchers and writers and asked for their critiques about how we cover A.I. For a limited time you can get a special-edition Hard Fork hat when you purchase"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OWROcr-YNxs)  2025-07-25T17:56Z 51K followers, 12.1K engagements


"Tech is in Turmoil over H1B Visa Fees Interview This week we try to make sense of the Trump administrations changes to the H-1B visa program which generated mixed reactions from tech leaders; the immigration expert Jeremy Neufeld joins us to explain why the new $100000 visa fee is likely to hurt start-ups universities and the broader U.S. economy. For more on this episode go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/podcasts/hardfork-nvidia-h1b-tiktok.html Guest: Jeremy Neufeld director of immigration policy at the Institute for Progress https://ifp.org/author/jeremy-neufeld/ Additional Reading:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OeBY0sMQ57I)  2025-09-29T12:00Z 51K followers, [----] engagements


"Sam Altman on President Trump and A.I. #podcast #ai #technology Sam Altman the founder of OpenAI spoke with Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times about how President Trump's policies have enabled A.I. companies to flourish"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OrLYVxsb15o)  2025-07-04T14:15Z 49K followers, [----] engagements


"Elon Musks xAI Trained Racy Chatbot With Employee Biometric Data Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times discuss a recent story in The Wall Street Journal revealing that Elon Musk personally oversaw a project at his company xAI that compelled employees to turn over their biometric data to train a racy chatbot"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Osxv50-Yp58)  2025-11-12T14:00Z 48.9K followers, [----] engagements


"TrumpTok EP [---] This week TikTok died came back to life and now exists in a kind of limbo state. We break down what that may signal for how tech does business with the new Trump administration. Then we pump up the fun with memecoins and explore how the Trump family is cashing in. And finally MSNBCs Chris Hayes joins us to discuss his new book about attention. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:19 - Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht freed 00:02:16 - this week on the show 00:02:35 - TrumpTok +Tech Billionaires at the Inauguration 00:29:13 - Trumps Meme Coin + Pump.fun 00:50:49 - Chris Hayes"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OuXVxUjEF_A)  2025-01-24T16:09Z 50.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Who's to Blame for Teens' Social Media Addiction The social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt appeared on the "Hard Fork" podcast to discuss recent developments in tech policy with the hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. Although parents teachers and governments all allow children social media access Haidt says it's the tech companies who are at fault. jonathan haidt jonathan haidt interview jonathan haidt anxious generation anxious generation social media jonathan haidt social media safety kids social media social media mental health hard fork hard fork podcast kevin roose casey newton"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PH7v0Bv36lc)  2026-01-20T16:00Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Who Should Decide A.I.'s Future "I want this to be like a global democratic multidisciplinary effort to create these systems." On the "Hard Fork" podcast the hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose respond to a listener voicemail. They discuss the role that sociologists anthropologists ethicists and journalists can play in the development of A.I. models"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PzjjrJyyboI)  2025-07-26T15:17Z 45.5K followers, [---] engagements


"We Tried Amazon's New [--] Hour Drone Delivery EP [---] This week we took a field trip to the Phoenix suburbs to see Amazons newest iteration of drone delivery service in action. We toured the facility where these drones are in operation spoke with the vice president and general manager of Prime Air David Carbon and watched from a local backyard as our own order dropped from the sky. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:07 - Phoenix AZ 00:01:57 - this week on the show 00:02:12 - Why were here 00:04:17 - Tour of the facility 00:10:42 - Drone Take-off 00:16:04 - ordering something 00:19:30 - New"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QcxfcMmdRCM)  2024-12-20T16:34Z 45.5K followers, 22.1K engagements


"Grok Puts People in Bikinis. Elon Musk Thinks It's Funny. The hosts of "Hard Fork" Kevin Roose and Casey Newton speak with the New York Times reporter Kate Conger about Grok's recent undressing scandal and Elon Musk's reaction to it. Watch the full episode at youtube.com/hardfork. tech Elon Musk ai artificial intelligence grok bikini scandal Kevin Roose Casey Newton Platformer The New York Times tech Elon Musk ai artificial intelligence grok bikini scandal Kevin Roose Casey Newton Platformer The New York Times"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QphTlLc5dkc)  2026-01-16T20:00Z 52.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Open AIs Sora [--] Was a Big Sloppy Mess EP [---] Backlash to OpenAIs video generation app Sora has reached a new tipping point. We discuss two big changes the company is making after Bryan Cranston and the family of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. complained about deepfakes. Then New York Times reporter Karen Weise joins us to discuss her scoop that Amazon plans to reduce its hiring needs by more than half a million workers thanks to new improvements to warehouse automation. And finally A.I. browsers are here. We offer our first impressions on ChatGPT Atlas and how it stacks up against"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RAAeMRKbFUM)  2025-10-24T18:45Z 49.7K followers, 13.8K engagements


"100 Most Iconic Technologies Hard Fork EP [---] This week were bringing you a Thanksgiving special thats great for a long car ride a day of cooking or avoiding conversation with your family. Were counting down the [---] most iconic technologies of all time starting with No. 100: Boats. Our definitive list was carefully crafted using an advanced methodology of vibes-only decision-making. By iconic we mean technologies that have either changed the world ruined it or at the very least made life a little more interesting. And because we love chaos well explain why we chose each one in roughly 30"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RCNwOQ_9Kg4)  2024-11-29T10:45Z 49.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Who Should Pay For Crimes On Telegram EP [--] Telegrams founder Pavel Durov was arrested in France and charged with several crimes connected to his operation of the platform. Well tell you what the charges against him mean for the internet. Then Gov. Kathy Hochul Democrat of New York joins us to discuss why she wants to ban phones statewide in public schools. And finally Kevin has been using secret codes to try to change what A.I. chatbots think of him. We get to the bottom of whether it is possible to manipulate A.I. outputs. This episode contains discussion of suicide connected to youth"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RLzNjeYaEq8)  2024-08-30T17:33Z 51K followers, [----] engagements


"A.I. for a Better Love Life EP [---] This week Kevin reports back from the A.I. Action Summit in Paris where it was full speed ahead toward artificial general intelligence with a conspicuous lack of action on the safety front. Also Happy Valentines Day Were taking a look at A.I. on dating apps. First our producer Rachel Cohn explains what happened when she applied all of the advice from Hinges new Prompt Feedback tool to her dating profile. Then were joined by Hinges founder and C.E.O. Justin McLeod to discuss how he thinks A.I. can help users find love. Guests: Rachel Cohn Hard Fork producer"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RREwOQI39v8)  2025-02-14T20:17Z 42.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Lina Khans P(doom) #machinelearning #apocalypse #singularity"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RZRFTNZoBWE)  2023-11-14T19:37Z 50.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Could a Judge Make Google Sell Chrome EP [---] This week with big developments in two antitrust cases against Google we discuss how the company may be forced to change its business. Then were joined by the journalist Mark Yarm to discuss his recent visit to an underwater home for his article about techno-utopians who want to colonize the ocean. And finally its tool time Well tell you about our latest experiments with ChatGPTs o3 Caseys newest journaling practice and Kevins continued battle to get to inbox zero. Tickets to Hard Fork live are on sale now See us June [--] at SFJAZZ."  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Rkj7DBt8cWg)  2025-04-25T20:30Z 46K followers, [----] engagements


"The Hard Fork Review of Slop: A.I. Pranks & Glass Pancakes Clip Grab your opera glasses. Its time for the first edition of The Hard Fork Review of Slop. This is a clip from Hard Fork episode [---] https://youtu.be/WVkf-KJru-0 For more on this episode go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/podcasts/california-regulates-ai-companions-openai-investigates-its-critics-the-hard-fork-review-of-slop.html Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech. Caseys publication Platformer:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Rpb5myTNr5Y)  2025-10-22T12:45Z 45.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Are tech platforms a threat to power of nations"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SBCTBSo56Ks)  2024-09-03T17:39Z 48.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Is Sam Altman Caught In a Bad Bromance with Microsoft #tech #ai #podcast Sam Altman the founder of OpenAI spoke with Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times about his tense relationship with Microsoft's chief executive Satya Nadella. This is a clip from our live show https://youtu.be/jdNwzYMtPN8"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=T7LMJ-k4kVs)  2025-07-05T15:15Z 48K followers, [----] engagements


"The Existential Threats of A.I. and Work Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of Hard Fork at The New York Times talk about how Artificial Intelligences ability to automate formerly-specialized work could pose an existential threat to human beings at work and beyond"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TzdQyYjNgIc)  2025-03-18T20:00Z 45.7K followers, [---] engagements


"What We Really Think About the iPhone Air EP [---] Apples yearly iPhone event took place this week and it left us asking Is Apple losing the juice We break down all the new products the company announced and discuss where it goes from here. Then Eliezer Yudkowsky one of the most fascinating people in A.I. has a new book coming out: If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies. He joins us to make the case for why A.I. development should be shut down now long before we reach superintelligence and how he thinks that could happen. Guests: Eliezer Yudkowsky founder of Machine Intelligence Research Institute"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UDLiWTXaGeo)  2025-09-12T18:19Z 51K followers, 11.1K engagements


"Record Labels Take A.I. Music to Court This week record labels including Sony Universal and Warner are suing two leading A.I. music generation companies accusing them of copyright infringement. Mitch Glazier chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of America the industry group representing the music labels talks with us about the argument they are advancing. Then we take a look at defense technology and discuss why Silicon Valley seems to be changing its tune about working with the military. Chris Kirchhoff who ran a special Pentagon office in Silicon Valley explains what he"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VrxEvZlv09k)  2024-06-28T20:51Z 49K followers, [----] engagements


"Why OpenAI Is Beefing with Its Critics Interview The subpoena that has the whole tech world talking. Nathan Calvin general counsel at Encode an A.I. safety advocacy group that has been critical of OpenAI talks with us about why he thinks the company is investigating him. This is a clip from Hard Fork episode [---] https://youtu.be/WVkf-KJru-0 For more on this episode go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/podcasts/california-regulates-ai-companions-openai-investigates-its-critics-the-hard-fork-review-of-slop.html Guest: Nathan Calvin vice president of state affairs and general counsel at"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W5tRQfi-6-s)  2025-10-21T12:45Z 45.5K followers, [----] engagements


"What is A.I. Doing to Higher Education Interview This week Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett joins us to discuss the existential threat that A.I. poses to the traditional humanities degree and why he believes well see thousands of new schools emerge outside the university system to carry on the exploration of what it means to be a person in the world. This is a clip from Hard Fork episode [---] https://youtu.be/X-KzyPRdcmc Guests: D. Graham Burnett historian of science and technology at Princeton University https://history.princeton.edu/people/d-graham-burnett Additional Reading: Will the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WDIxi90DagY)  2025-09-07T12:30Z 49.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Bernie Sanders Actually Likes the Intel Deal Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times spoke about the varied reactions to the Trump administration's stake in Intel on behalf of the United States government"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WPCPLfFQEN4)  2025-08-30T14:58Z 50.6K followers, [----] engagements


"How California will Regulate Chatbots EP [---] This week Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed a big package of A.I. and social media bills into law including the first state law in the United States to regulate A.I. companions. We talk through what stood out to us in the package and whether these protections will work. Then the subpoena that has the whole tech world talking. Nathan Calvin general counsel at Encode an A.I. safety advocacy group that has been critical of OpenAI talks with us about why he thinks the company is investigating him. And finally grab your opera glasses. Its time for"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WVkf-KJru-0)  2025-10-17T19:31Z 51K followers, 13.3K engagements


"A.I. Slop Is CoComelon For Adults Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times watch and react to the viral glass fruit cutting A.I. slop"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WYImsyCkiEI)  2025-10-20T19:42Z 51.2K followers, [----] engagements


"How A.I. Could Improve Your Love Life with Hinge C.E.O. Justin McLeod Interview Were joined by Hinges founder and C.E.O. Justin McLeod to discuss how he thinks A.I. can help users find love. This is a clip from Hard Fork episode 123: https://youtu.be/RREwOQI39v8 Guest Justin McLeod founder and C.E.O. of Hinge Additional Reading When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/style/modern-love-when-cupid-is-a-prying-journalist.html Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WjU0OuIycmI)  2025-02-15T01:17Z 42.7K followers, [----] engagements


"How Alpha School Is Bringing A.I. to the Classroom EP [---] This week we check in on the state of artificial intelligence in education. We talk with a co-founder of Alpha Schools MacKenzie Price about how her private K-12 schools are using A.I. to generate personalized lesson plans and enabling teachers to spend their time motivating rather than teaching students. Then the Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett joins us to discuss the existential threat that A.I. poses to the traditional humanities degree and why he believes well see thousands of new schools emerge outside the university system"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=X-KzyPRdcmc)  2025-09-05T18:06Z 49.8K followers, 13.5K engagements


"How to Optimize Your Life in 2026: Productivity Tips Deepfakes and More EP [---] Happy New Year Were kicking things off by sharing our tech resolutions for [----] and reflecting on how we fared with our social media and meditation goals from last year. Then we open up the listener mailbag and answer your questions on data centers in space whos to blame when a customer service A.I. bot lies to you and whether its OK to deepfake Santa into your home security footage. Chapters: 00:00:00 - This week on the show 00:00:21 - Our New Year's tech resolutions 00:21:06 - Listener Mailbag For more on this"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XAYc9NTJ-Mo)  2026-01-02T12:01Z 52.6K followers, 12.2K engagements


"Is Australia's Social Media Ban for Kids a Good Idea On the "Hard Fork" podcast the hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss a new law in Australia barring kids under [--] from social media. Listen to the full conversation at youtube.com/hardfork. tech news Hard Fork Hard Fork podcast Kevin Roose Casey Newton Tech Podcast New York Times Podcasts NYT Podcasts New York Times nytimes nyt tech news Hard Fork Hard Fork podcast Kevin Roose Casey Newton Tech Podcast New York Times Podcasts NYT Podcasts New York Times nytimes nyt"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XVNzA6DBad0)  2025-12-19T11:01Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"🍓 o1 (strawberry) is a strange and powerful new A.I. model"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XtyFuZwQJmM)  2024-09-20T22:39Z 48.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Allison Willams loves her landline Clip Allison Williams joins Kevin and Casey to discuss what's going on in the group chat this week. Topics include landline phones the jeans we loved as teens and navigating tech as a parent. Guest: Allison Williams actor (including in the forthcoming M3GAN 2.0) and podcaster https://headgum.com/landlines Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech. Caseys publication Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL TikTok:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z3mdKtKG3Kk)  2025-06-20T16:06Z 48.4K followers, [----] engagements


"How Hard Fork Got Its Name Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times explain how the show got its name. tech news Hard Fork Hard Fork podcast Kevin Roose Casey Newton Tech Podcast New York Times Podcasts NYT Podcasts New York Times nytimes tech news Hard Fork Hard Fork podcast Kevin Roose Casey Newton Tech Podcast New York Times Podcasts NYT Podcasts New York Times nytimes"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZmLnbZ1DFJ8)  2026-01-05T12:01Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"What It Means That Apps Are Coming to ChatGPT Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times discuss OpenAI's recent announcement that apps will soon be integrated into ChatGPT"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_PKjpg_gcYo)  2025-10-21T12:30Z 45.5K followers, [---] engagements


"How M3GAN [---] Meets the Tech World with Allison Williams Interview Interview This week we take a trip to the movie theater. M3GAN [---] is out next week so its star Allison Williams joins us to discuss the film and A.I.s impact on her career and parenting. Guests: Allison Williams actor. https://headgum.com/landlines Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech. Caseys publication Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hardfork Insta: Kevin"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_qo_Dw05zhE)  2025-06-23T12:01Z 46.4K followers, [----] engagements


"The Vaticans Mascot Got Rule 34ed Clip A round of election-free HatGPT This is a clip from ep [---] : https://youtu.be/c7BYM3Z4Aik Additional Reading: An Interview With a Dead Luminary Exposes the Pitfalls of A.I. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/03/world/europe/poland-radio-station-ai.html Metas Plan for Nuclear-Powered A.I. Data Center Thwarted by Rare Bees https://www.ft.com/content/ed602e09-6c40-4979-aff9-7453ee28406a Fired Employee Allegedly Hacked Disney Worlds Menu System to Alter Peanut Allergy Information"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aBRbZ62skHo)  2024-11-11T12:45Z 50.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Why Is Trump Selling a Cell Phone EP [---] This week President Trumps family business announced that it was introducing a mobile phone and a cellular network. We tick through the many potential conflicts of interest this new business venture raises. Then the co-founders of the startup Mechanize defend their efforts to automate away all jobs starting with software engineering. And finally we take a trip to the movie theater. M3GAN [---] is out next week so its star Allison Williams joins us to discuss the film and A.I.s impact on her career and parenting. Guests: Matthew Barnett and Ege Erdil"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=anrCbS4O1UQ)  2025-06-20T20:37Z 48.4K followers, 11.9K engagements


"Are We Wrong About A.I. Clip Do we hype up A.I. too much Are we downplaying potential harms We reached out to several prominent researchers and writers and asked for their critiques about how we cover A.I. This is a clip from Hard Fork episode [---] https://youtu.be/OWROcr-YNxs Guests: Brian Merchant author of the book and newsletter Blood in the Machine Alison Gopnik professor at the University of California Berkeley Ross Douthat New York Times opinion columnist and host of the podcast Interesting Times Claire Leibowicz head of A.I. and media integrity at the Partnership on AI Max Read author"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bOSUvL26DjA)  2025-07-26T15:45Z 49.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Allison Williams on the Moral of M3GAN [---] The actress Allison Williams spoke with Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of Hard Fork at The New York Times about the moral of her new movie M3GAN 2.0"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=b_bzBIJgNqw)  2025-07-09T15:45Z 46.4K followers, [---] engagements


"A Court Order Shakes Up the App Store EP [---] This week iPhone users started to feel the impact of a stern court order against Apple that requires the company to stop collecting a commission on some app sales. We break down what this means for apps like Kindle and Spotify and why the judge suggested that Apple and a top executive should be investigated for criminal contempt. Then Karen Hao joins us to discuss her new book about OpenAI and explain why she believes the benefits of using the companys tools do not outweigh the moral costs. And finally Casey introduces Kevin to a strange new"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c24igtIx5v4)  2025-05-09T18:59Z 45.5K followers, 11.7K engagements


"How Will Ads Change ChatGPT Casey Newton and Kevin Roose the hosts of "Hard Fork" from The New York Times discuss OpenAI's recent decision to integrate ads into ChatGPT and whether that will fundamentally alter the relationship between the product and the user. tech news podcast nyt The New York Times chatgpt openai advertising hard fork kevin roose casey newton tech news podcast nyt The New York Times chatgpt openai advertising hard fork kevin roose casey newton"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d17NDhUf_Sg)  2026-01-26T13:01Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Roblox's C.E.O. on the Platform's Predator Problems Casey Newton and Kevin Roose hosts of Hard Fork from the New York Times talk with the C.E.O of Roblox David Baszucki about whether the popular gaming platform has a problem with child predators. Watch the full interview hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=XpIXRgMlPo4 roblox roblox safety is roblox safe child safety internet safety hard fork podcast hard fork david baszucki roblox roblox safety is roblox safe child safety internet safety hard fork podcast hard fork david baszucki"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dUChJE-V5RE)  2025-11-28T20:12Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Kathryn Zealand is building an "e-bike for walking" Interview This week we present a clip from our first ever Hard Fork Live Kathryn Zealand founder of Skip a robotics and mobility company gets the guys outfitted in some prototype robot pants. Designed to help people with mobility issues these pants use powerful compact motors to give a boost when standing climbing stairs and even walking. This is just one segment from our jam-packed live show. https://youtu.be/jdNwzYMtPN8 Guests: Kathryn Zealand founder of Skip https://www.skipwithjoy.com/ Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dy0EHQMr2M0)  2025-07-04T12:01Z 48.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Trump and Elon Are Feuding Now EP [---] This week Kevin and Casey discuss the sudden breakdown between President Trump and Elon Musk whose disagreements over the policy bill before Congress quickly erupted into an all-out feud. Then an ex-DOGE coder explains what it was really like to work inside the Trump administrations cost-cutting arm. And finally the former New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells explains why some chefs are turning to A.I. for inspiration. Guests: Sahil Lavingia C.E.O. of Gumroad who spent [--] days working for DOGE https://sahillavingia.com/doge Pete Wells New York"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fZT8UXLZolM)  2025-06-06T17:55Z 46.4K followers, 12.5K engagements


"Elon Vs OpenAI OpenAI shows the receipts"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gIvaOk4f5-0)  2024-03-09T00:17Z 45.7K followers, [----] engagements


"The Internet Wants to Know How Old You Really Are EP [---] This week we look at the fallout from a sweeping internet age-verification law that went into effect in Britain. We explain why age restrictions are suddenly popping up all over the internet and how some might create more problems than they solve. Then Matthew Prince chief executive of Cloudflare returns to the show to discuss his companys new plan to help publishers fight back against A.I. scrapers and potentially to create a new online marketplace for quality content in the process. Finally we round up some headlines from around the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gYgwBWGHTIc)  2025-08-01T19:42Z 49.7K followers, 10.2K engagements


"Is A.I. Going to Flatten Online Dating Justin McLeod the founder and chief executive of Hinge sits down with Kevin Roose a host of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times to address some concerns about the use of artificial intelligence on dating apps"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gfvDJuCeaa0)  2025-02-15T01:21Z 29.4K followers, [---] engagements


"We Finally Got a Robot on the Show EP [---] This week were joined by Bernt Bornich chief executive of 1X. We talked with him about NEO his companys new humanoid robot which has the internet buzzing. Then we meet NEO itself and compare notes on the experience. Finally we close the week with a roundup of tech news headlines: Its time for some HatGPT. For more on this episode go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/podcasts/hardfork-neo-humanoid-robot.html Guest: Bernt Brnich chief executive of 1X Additional Reading: I Tried the Robot Thats Coming to Live With You. Its Still Part Human."  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gkvcb5_gz3g)  2025-11-07T21:00Z 50.8K followers, 17.1K engagements


"H-1B Visa Fee Could Have Huge Implications for Start-Ups The "Hard Fork" co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton speak with Jeremy Neufeld the director of immigration policy at the Institute for Progress about how changes to the H-1B visa program may affect the tech industry. Listen to the full episode at youtube.com/hardfork"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i0VPGpLLcEQ)  2025-10-01T02:30Z 50.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Musk Accuses Apple of Cheating #podcast #ai #apple Elon Musk took to X to accuse Apple of manipulating the App Store rankings to keep any A.I. brand other than OpenAI out of the top spot. Sam Altman jumped into the fray posting that Musk has manipulated the X algorithm to prioritize his tweets and journalists were quick to point out that the Chinese A.I. firm Deep Seek briefly held the No. [--] spot in the App Store as did Grok Musk's own A.I. app this past spring"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jra_G5RONyk)  2025-08-16T13:30Z 50.9K followers, [----] engagements


"What If A.I. Is Just Normal Tech Interview We talk to Princeton computer scientist Arvind Narayanan on why he believes it will take decades not years for A.I. to transform society in the ways the big A.I. labs predict. Tickets to Hard Fork live are on sale now See us June [--] at SFJAZZ. https://www.nytimes.com/events/hardforklive Guest: Arvind Narayanan director of the Center for Information Technology at Princeton and co-author of AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do What it Cant and How to Tell the Difference. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/arvindn/ Additional Reading: AI as"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kDI6nozwwbQ)  2025-04-19T14:01Z 48.4K followers, 11K engagements


"What Does iRobots Bankruptcy Mean for the Future of U.S. Robots + [----] Predictions EP [---] This week iRobot the pioneering American robotics company behind the Roomba filed for bankruptcy and announced that it would be taken over by its Chinese creditor. Colin Angle a co-founder and a former longtime chief executive of the company joins us to explain why the company lost its market dominance and what America should do to protect its newest crop of A.I. and robotics start-ups from the same fate. Then we settle the score on our high medium and low predictions from last year and lay down our new"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kQNTk9T-Mrg)  2025-12-19T21:17Z 52.6K followers, 13K engagements


"The [--] Most Iconic Technologies of 2025: Countdown EP [---] Presenting: The [--] Most Iconic Technologies of [----]. Kevin Roose and Casey Newtown the hosts of Hard Fork unveil their list of the years very best (and worst) technologies. It was a groundbreaking year for A.I. Group Chats Labubus and more. You cant tell the story of [----] without these icons. So sit back enjoy and try to guess what tops the list at No. [--] (Hint: It has two words). For more countdowns watch Hard Forks [---] Most Iconic Technologies a definitive list of the top technologies of all time:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kZ5Jq2Is888)  2025-11-29T00:35Z 52.6K followers, 12.1K engagements


"How Will Starcloud Build Data Centers in Space Starcloud is a new Nvidia-backed company that is joining Google and a few other companies in developing plans to eventually put data centers in space. The "Hard Fork" co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss what those data centers will look like and how they will transmit information to Earth. Watch the full conversation at youtube.com/hardfork"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kwX0V71h-Qo)  2025-11-19T13:30Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Will Humanoid Robots Soon Be Common in Homes Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times ask Bernt Bornich chief executive of 1X how soon we can expect humanoid robots to have a presence in American homes"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lCgqp65QmFY)  2025-11-11T21:30Z 46.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Celebs at White Dudes For Harris"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lszfpwl0eDw)  2024-08-04T02:39Z 46.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Hard Fork on Hollywoods A.I. Letter Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of Hard Fork at The New York Times have a few musical ideas to pitch to Cynthia Enviro and other Hollywood stars after they signed a letter decrying the use of A.I"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=m4e2933lbYI)  2025-03-21T20:52Z 45.7K followers, [---] engagements


"What Will AI Look Like in [----] Interview The A.I. researcher Daniel Kokotajlo returns to the show to discuss a new set of predictions for how artificial intelligence could transform the world in just the next few years and how we avoid the most dystopian outcomes. Guest: Daniel Kokotajlo executive director of the AI Futures Project Additional Reading: A.I. [----] https://ai-2027.com/ Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech. Caseys publication Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/ FOLLOW"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=m6izEUMKs9M)  2025-04-11T19:59Z 51K followers, 38.4K engagements


"Why Character.AI is Banning Teens EP [---] This week Character.AI announced that it would soon be taking its A.I. companions away from teens. We explain why this is a major development in the world of chatbots and child safety and how we expect other companies to respond. Then Elon Musk has built a Wikipedia clone called Grokipedia. We discuss what it means for the control of knowledge on the web. And finally were joined by A.J. Jacobs to talk about his 48-hour experiment in which he tried to avoid all forms of artificial intelligence. We ask why that led him to collect rainwater and forage for"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mRKRUmn4NJk)  2025-10-31T23:20Z 51K followers, 12.2K engagements


"Demis Hassabis on Chatbots to AGI EP [--] This weeks episode is a conversation with Demis Hassabis the head of Googles artificial intelligence division. We talk about Googles latest A.I. models Gemini and Gemma; the existential risks of artificial intelligence; his timelines for artificial general intelligence; and what he thinks the world will look like post-A.G.I. This interview was recorded on Wednesday. Since then Google has temporarily suspended Geminis ability to generate images of humans following criticism of images the chatbot generated of people of color in Nazi-era uniforms. Chapters"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nwUARJeeplA)  2024-02-23T18:13Z 49.1K followers, 80.4K engagements


"Kirk's Shooting Reveals the Cracks in Free Speech EP [---] This week we discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk freedom of speech and the terrifying new reality of extremely online violence. Then The Timess David Yaffe-Bellany brings us inside the blockbuster New York Times investigation into a $2 billion investment in Trumps crypto company World Liberty Financial and a controversial deal to send the most powerful A.I. chips to the United Arab Emirates. And finally its time to round up This Week in A.I. Guests: David Yaffe-Bellany New York Times technology reporter covering the crypto"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pDfTTUZN4Ng)  2025-09-19T20:39Z 51K followers, 11.3K engagements


"Debunking 'The Blip': What the Heck Happened When Sam Altman Got Fired Interview This week we chat with a Wall Street Journal reporter Keach Hagey about her new book on Sam Altman and how she solved the mystery of his firing from OpenAI. Guest: Keach Hagey Wall Street Journal reporter and author of the forthcoming book The Optimist: Sam Altman OpenAI and the Race to Invent the Future. Additional Reading: The Secrets and Misdirection Behind Sam Altmans Firing From OpenAI https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-real-story-behind-sam-altman-firing-from-openai-efd51a5d Hard Fork is a weekly look into the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pv4gTq4HV3U)  2025-04-04T20:26Z 46.1K followers, [----] engagements


"A.I. Datacenters Will Reshape US Infrastructure Ep [---] This week an eye-popping $100 billion deal between OpenAI and Nvidia along with an announcement about the construction of five new American data centers has us re-examining our predictions of an A.I. bubble. Then we try to make sense of the Trump administrations changes to the H-1B visa program which generated mixed reactions from tech leaders; the immigration expert Jeremy Neufeld joins us to explain why the new $100000 visa fee is likely to hurt start-ups universities and the broader U.S. economy. And finally we take a look at one of"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qFkVi0w1Am0)  2025-09-26T17:43Z 51K followers, 13.6K engagements


"Social Media vs. The Internet: What Is Better for Kids As a guest on the "Hard Fork" podcast the author Jonathan Haidt discusses why he believes children should have internet access and how that differs from his views on social media. Watch the full interview at youtube.com/hardfork. tech Jonathan Haidt social media teens kids news podcast internet tech Jonathan Haidt social media teens kids news podcast internet"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qrcYsuIucec)  2026-01-24T11:01Z 52.6K followers, [---] engagements


"The Future of Google EP [---] This week Google introduced a new way to search which could mean that Googling as we know it is on the way out. Its called AI Mode and it is essentially the companys response to the growing number of people turning to A.I. chat bots instead of Google search. We walk through what this new product looks like who can use it and what it could mean for the internets future. Then we talk with the New York Times crypto reporter David Yaffe-Bellany about President Trumps recent announcement concerning a national crypto reserve and why the news upset some of the biggest"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rB-FjC-KCkM)  2025-03-07T19:32Z 49.1K followers, 13.3K engagements


"Katie Natopoulos talks about the state of Sora. Is anyone using it after a week Interview This week Katie Notopoulos a Business Insider reporter joins us to discuss the growing backlash to A.I. slop and why she refuses to stop making deranged videos of us on Sora. For more on this episode go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/podcasts/hardfork-openai-devday-amd.html Guests: Katie Notopoulos senior correspondent at Business Insider covering technology and culture. https://www.businessinsider.com/author/katie-notopoulos Additional Reading: Im Addicted to Sora 2"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rn-aO2lBdKI)  2025-10-15T12:31Z 45.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Jonathan Haidt Brings New Evidence to the Battle Against Social Media Hard Fork Jonathan Haidt author of The Anxious Generation returns to the show to discuss new research about how social media is harming teens and what its been like to become the face of a global movement against the platforms. Then we asked what you were building with Claude Code and you blew us away. Well share some of our favorite projects that you sent us. And finally were joined by PJ Vogt the host of Search Engine to talk about our early adventures in the Forkiverse and what weve learned so far about running a social"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tZSteN2g5yM)  2026-01-16T21:45Z 52.6K followers, 13.9K engagements


"How Much Water Does the A.I. Industry Use Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times spoke with Andrew Masley executive director for Effective Altruism DC about how much water A.I. data centers use. tech news Hard Fork Hard Fork podcast Kevin Roose Casey Newton Tech Podcast New York Times Podcasts NYT Podcasts New York Times nytimes nyt tech news Hard Fork Hard Fork podcast Kevin Roose Casey Newton Tech Podcast New York Times Podcasts NYT Podcasts New York Times nytimes nyt"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=teXQHp6qS0w)  2025-12-19T12:31Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"How Cats Riding Roombas Went Viral With Former iRobot C.E.O. The former iRobot C.E.O. Colin Angle reflects on the heyday of the Roomba and the unexpected role that social media played in helping a "small scrappy company punch wildly above its weight." Angle expresses gratitude to all the cats who rode on Roombas and the "wonderful" viral shark cat meme of [----]. Watch Angle's full interview with Kevin Roose and Casey Newton on the "Hard Fork" podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=kQNTk9T-Mrg Roomba CEO iRobot robot cat videos robot vacuum roomba cat meme cats funny videos artificial"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uKTAedCcwvc)  2025-12-20T12:01Z 52.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Sam Altman Warns That There's No Confidentiality for ChatGPT Therapy #ai #podcast #news Kevin Roose and Casey Newton the co-hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times discuss the implications of using chatbots as therapists after Sam Altman the CEO of OpenAI says there is no legal confidentiality with ChatGPT. Listen to the full conversation at youtube.com/hardfork"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uUMB7czzAGw)  2025-08-01T22:39Z 49.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Why Perplexity Bid $34.5B to Buy Chrome with CEO Aravind Srinivas Interview Aravind Srinivas the chief executive of Perplexity AI joins us to discuss his companys new artificial intelligence-powered browser Comet; his companys bid to buy Google Chrome; and what the future of the internet looks like when users turn to A.I. Guests: Aravind Srinivas chief executive of Perplexity AI. https://www.perplexity.ai/ Additional Reading: A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Offers to Buy Googles Chrome Browser for $34.5 Billion https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/technology/perplexity-google-chrome-bid.html Hard Fork"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uYDywfrAI4I)  2025-08-16T12:31Z 51K followers, [----] engagements


"DeepMinds C.E.O. on How A.I. Might Affect the Economy On the Hard Fork podcast Demis Hassabis the chief executive of Google DeepMind discusses economic shifts that could result from artificial general intelligence or A.G.I. Watch the full episode at youtube.com/hardfork"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uxyI6ssJgJo)  2025-05-27T18:31Z 46K followers, [----] engagements


"Did Googles Monopoly Money Ruin Mozilla"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v6QhtZYks9c)  2024-08-13T22:51Z 50.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The Business of Chatbots with Nomi.AI Interview We talk to Nomis founder and chief executive Alex Cardinell about the business behind A.I. companions and whether society is ready for the future were heading toward. This is a clip from Episode [--] https://youtu.be/crtdqEYPfmQ Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech. Caseys publication Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@hardforkis_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Insta: Kevin Roose-"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vNclJW85FQQ)  2024-05-10T21:34Z 51K followers, [----] engagements


"Why OpenAI Is Spooked. Plus Which AI Model Should You Use EP [---] Its A.I. model rollout season in Silicon Valley and OpenAI appears to be feeling the pressure. Sam Altman the chief executive of OpenAI sent a memo to staff on Monday declaring a code red effort to improve ChatGPT and delay other initiatives. We explain why the latest frontier models from Google and Anthropic have OpenAI spooked and how the company is reshuffling priorities to respond. Then we give our honest thoughts on which A.I. models we like best and share how were using A.I. in our day-to-day lives. And finally we take a"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vbFXpD7Ozf0)  2025-12-05T20:17Z 52.6K followers, 19.1K engagements


"Demis Hassabis on A.I.-proof jobs"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wTyIGq_IFHQ)  2024-02-27T22:16Z 49.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Why DeepMind's C.E.O. Says A.I. Won't Replace Human Art "It's just always going to feel something's missing." On the "Hard Fork" podcast the Google DeepMind C.E.O. Demis Hassabis defends the purpose and value of human-created art over A.I. creations. Watch the full interview on youtube.com/hardfork"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xDY95IMnDdo)  2025-05-27T15:31Z 49.5K followers, [----] engagements


"This Week in A.I.: Record-Setting Brainrot A.I. Anticorruption and ChatGPT For Teens Clip Its time to round up This Week in A.I. Additional Reading: OpenAIs Risky Step to Protect Teens https://www.platformer.news/openai-teen-accounts-safety-senate-hearing/ Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech. Caseys publication Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hardfork Insta: Kevin Roose - https://www.instagram.com/kevinroose/ Casey Newton -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xhwpi44kpvs)  2025-09-22T12:01Z 51K followers, [----] engagements


"We Built a Hot Tub Time Machine Kevin revisits his high school coding era and tries to make Casey a new software tool with an A.I. assist. This is a clip from episode 124: https://youtu.be/G8UBdVa6ng0 Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech. Caseys publication Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@hardforkis_f. Insta: Kevin Roose - https://www.instagram.com/kevinroose/hl=en Casey Newton - https://www.instagram.com/crumbler/h. Twitter"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yCAavomo5C4)  2025-02-21T19:38Z 42.7K followers, [----] engagements


"I/O 2025: Is Google AGI-Pilled Clip This week we take a field trip to Google and report back about everything the company announced at its biggest show of the year Google I/O. Additional Reading: At Google I/O everything is changing and normal and scary and chill https://www.platformer.news/google-io-2025-ai-everything-everywhere/ Google Unveils A.I. Chatbot Signaling a New Era for Search https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/technology/personaltech/google-ai-mode-search.html Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z7EqbE89s6g)  2025-05-24T13:01Z 49.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Patrick Collison wants to cure the common cold Interview This week we present a clip from our first ever Hard Fork Live Patrick Collison CEO of Stripe stops by to talk about long-term thinking building for the future and his dreams for biotechnology. This is just one segment from our jam-packed live show. https://youtu.be/jdNwzYMtPN8 Guests: Patrick Collison co-founder and CEO of Stripe https://patrickcollison.com/about Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech. Caseys publication"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zQhI_lC-74w)  2025-07-01T22:41Z 46.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Next Level A.I. Slop: Italian Brain Rot Clip Casey introduces Kevin to a strange new universe of A.I. slop thats racking up millions of likes on TikTok. Additional Reading: Brain Rot Comes for Italy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/style/italian-brain-rot-ballerina-cappuccina.html Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech. Caseys publication Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hardfork Insta: Kevin Roose -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zUFGeM50quw)  2025-05-12T13:01Z 45.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Trump's Next Online Speech Cop EP [---] Take our survey please https://nyt.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_be05M7VLZzD3bzorespondent_source=YouTubeVideo This week President-elect Donald Trump picked Brendan Carr to be the next chairman of the F.C.C. We talk with The Verges editor in chief Nilay Patel about what this could mean for the future of the internet and for free speech at large. Then a new study found that ChatGPT defeated doctors at diagnosing some diseases. One of the studys authors Dr. Adam Rodman joins us to discuss the future of medicine. And finally court is back in session. Its time"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zUtkUh6Rvwk)  2024-11-22T18:23Z 49.7K followers, [----] engagements


"cheaters can thank Apple #apple #ios18features #cheater"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zyN8FNcjGIc)  2024-06-19T02:15Z 45.7K followers, 12.6K engagements

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