https://simplecast.com Hard Fork “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 https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. © 2022 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY; The New York Times encourages the use of RSS feeds for personal use in a news reader or as part of a non-commercial blog, subject to your agreement to our Terms of Service. en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:27:39 +0000 https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork Hard Fork https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4105a47a-42e5-4ccc-887a-832af7989986/23965394-f5e4-4fdb-b150-639f4910353e/3000x3000/nyt-hf-album-art-3000-2.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork episodic “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 https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. The New York Times false https://feeds.simplecast.com/6HKOhNgS The New York Times hardfork@nytimes.com 0f36a6e1-f828-41f0-8e1e-9c3319bf21e6 Anthropic’s Cybersecurity Shock Wave + Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Their Sam Altman Investigation + One Good Thing This week, we look at the cybersecurity threats that a new unreleased model from Anthropic are posing to software everywhere. And we ask whether Project Glasswing, the company’s bold new defense initiative, will give tech companies enough of a head start to secure the web. Then, we’re joined by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz of The New Yorker to discuss their blockbuster new profile of Sam Altman. And finally, we look to the skies for this edition of One Good Thing.

  

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  • Andrew Marantz, staff writer at The New Yorker.

 

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]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 hardfork@nytimes.com (The New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork This week, we look at the cybersecurity threats that a new unreleased model from Anthropic are posing to software everywhere. And we ask whether Project Glasswing, the company’s bold new defense initiative, will give tech companies enough of a head start to secure the web. Then, we’re joined by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz of The New Yorker to discuss their blockbuster new profile of Sam Altman. And finally, we look to the skies for this edition of One Good Thing.

  

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  • Ronan Farrow, investigative reporter and a contributing writer to The New Yorker.
  • Andrew Marantz, staff writer at The New Yorker.

 

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]]> Anthropic’s Cybersecurity Shock Wave + Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Their Sam Altman Investigation + One Good Thing The New York Times 01:04:06 The new Anthropic model that’s too dangerous to be released is already revealing thousands of software vulnerabilities. The new Anthropic model that’s too dangerous to be released is already revealing thousands of software vulnerabilities. false full 189 82d7600c-cde8-4cb0-8f45-c04fcccbd73a The Future of Addictive Design + Going Deep at DeepMind + HatGPT Last week, two separate juries held social media companies liable for harming young users. We unpack what these landmark decisions mean — not only for the future of social platforms like Meta and YouTube, but also for A.I. chatbots. Then, Sebastian Mallaby, the author of “The Infinity Machine,” joins us to talk about the three years he spent with Demis Hassabis and those closest to Google DeepMind. And finally, we catch up on some of our favorite tech headlines from the week with a round of HatGPT.

 

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  • Sebastian Mallaby, author of “The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence.”

 

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]]> Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 hardfork@nytimes.com (The New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork Last week, two separate juries held social media companies liable for harming young users. We unpack what these landmark decisions mean — not only for the future of social platforms like Meta and YouTube, but also for A.I. chatbots. Then, Sebastian Mallaby, the author of “The Infinity Machine,” joins us to talk about the three years he spent with Demis Hassabis and those closest to Google DeepMind. And finally, we catch up on some of our favorite tech headlines from the week with a round of HatGPT.

 

Guest:

  • Sebastian Mallaby, author of “The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence.”

 

Additional Reading:

 

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]]> The Future of Addictive Design + Going Deep at DeepMind + HatGPT The New York Times 01:09:26 “The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.” “The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.” false full 188 4e573fc5-f8ff-404c-af6e-a003d8835d31 What’s a Hard Fork? Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the wild frontier of tech.

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]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000 hardfork@nytimes.com (The New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/podcasts/hard-fork-technology.html Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the wild frontier of tech.

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]]> What’s a Hard Fork? The New York Times 00:01:24 Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the wild frontier of tech. What’s real? What’s hype? “Hard Fork” is here to help you make sense of it. Tune in every Friday. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the wild frontier of tech. What’s real? What’s hype? “Hard Fork” is here to help you make sense of it. Tune in every Friday. false trailer