Oct 30, 202654 min
Monday gave us the release of Anthropic’s S-1 filing, providing the clearest view yet into the business side of the A.I. boom and setting the stage for what could be the largest initial public offering in history. We’ll...
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“Hard Fork” is a show about the future that’s already here. Each week, New York Times journalists explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. 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.
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What is Hard Fork about?
“Hard Fork” is a show about the future that’s already here. Each week, New York Times journalists explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
What has Hard Fork covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Are We in an A.I. Bubble? We're About to Find Out." (30 October 2026, 54 minutes), "What’s the Deal With Billy Evans? A Spoiler-Filled Guide to ‘You Can See Everything’" (23 October 2026, 59 minutes), and "Why No One Can Look Away From Elizabeth Holmes" (16 October 2026, 67 minutes).
How often does Hard Fork publish?
Hard Fork publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 65 minutes.
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Booking probability for Hard Fork is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Hard Fork requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Hard Fork's contact route on record: verified email.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 23, 202659 min
This week, we focus on Billy Evans, the breakout character of the documentary “You Can See Everything,” and his Theranos-esque new blood-testing start-up. Rob Copeland, a New York Times finance reporter, and Erin...
Episode #217
Why No One Can Look Away From Elizabeth Holmes
Oct 16, 20261h 7mThis week, there’s a new blockbuster Elizabeth Holmes documentary out, and we’ve assembled an expert panel to discuss the movie and what Holmes means to the tech world of today. Max Read is joined by John Carreyrou...
Episode #216
Anthropic’s Quest to Give A.I. Morals
Oct 9, 202644 minThis week, Max Read talks to the Times religion correspondent Elizabeth Dias, the tech reporter Erin Griffith and the opinion writer David Wallace-Wells about Anthropic’s private meetings with religious scholars on A.I...
- Oct 2, 202653 min
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...
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Oct 1, 20262 minFor 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...
- Sep 25, 20261h 48m
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...
- Sep 18, 20261h 24m
This week, we break down why everyone is suddenly talking about A.I. safety, why frontier A.I. companies are asking for regulation and why the Trump administration is rejecting them. And then, to close out this chapter...
Episode #212
The Ezra Klein Show: The A.I. Revolt Is Here
Sep 11, 20261h 20mThe “Hard Fork” team is away this week. But while we’re away, we’re bringing you a recent episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.” In this episode, Ezra talks with the journalist Jasmine Sun about her recent reporting trip...
- Sep 4, 20261h 19m
This week, we’re diving into two new reports about the OpenAI-Hugging Face hack. We discuss what’s new and how they fundamentally change our understanding of what happened. Then we’re joined by Ajeya Cotra, one of the...
- Aug 28, 20261h 3m
This week, Meta agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram over claims it endangered children with addictive social media platforms. We discuss why it capitulated and what it...
Episode #209
OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought
Aug 21, 20261h 3mThis week, we learned that OpenAI had stopped training new artificial intelligence models while the company reviewed its security measures. Will this encourage other labs to hit the brakes too? Then, the historian Jill...
- Aug 14, 20261h 3m
This week we’re talking about Mark Zuckerberg’s latest essay, “The Future Is for Everyone,” which outlines his positive new vision about the potential of A.I. But do we think it’s credible? Then, Pangram’s chief...
- Aug 7, 20261h 5m
This week, the White House announced a new framework for regulating A.I. models, but it isn’t letting the public read it. We break down what we know about the rules and what the implications are for the industry and...
- Jul 31, 20261h 7m
This week, we break down the arguments about open-weight models unfolding in Silicon Valley right now. Nvidia released an open letter signed by over 230 companies opposing “premature restrictions,” but will the Trump...
- Jul 24, 20261h 8m
This week, OpenAI reported that two of its models escaped their testing sandbox and launched an autonomous cyberattack, turning what sounds like science fiction into reality. We discuss the implications for efforts to...
- Jul 17, 20261h 10m
This week, feuding between some of the biggest tech companies spilled into public view. We discuss Apple’s accusation that OpenAI tried to steal secrets about Apple’s hardware business, as well as share our reactions...
- Jul 10, 20261h 19m
This week, with news that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up Texas’ age verification law for app stores, we check in on how social media bans are going around the globe and what may be coming soon to a state...
- Jul 3, 20261h 7m
This week, the Commerce Department lifted its restrictions on Anthropic’s powerful A.I. models, Claude Mythos and Claude Fable. We dissect why the government took such a hands-on approach in the first place, how the...
- Jun 26, 20261 hour
This week, we’re bringing you two A.I.-related stories from our colleagues at The New York Times. First, Rachel Abrams, a host of “The Daily,” talks with the Times reporter Eli Saslow about a woman in a remote part of...
Recent guests
Recent guests on Hard Fork. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
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Erin Griffith
technology reporter, The New York Times
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Mike Isaac
author and tech reporter at The New York Times, The New York Times
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Jensen Huang
co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, NVIDIA Corporation
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Arvind Narayanan
co-author of AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference, Princeton University
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