I’d rather not tell you what’s in this episode. It’s private.

"I've always said if you have a ChatGPT subscription and a hose, you can get very far in this life.”

“Being a CEO sucks. Elon was right. It is like looking into the abyss and chewing glass.”

“We’ll see you in court.”

Maybe go ahead and download your favorite TikToks.

Just when we thought the feud was cooling off, OpenAI pulled out the receipts.

We finally invited someone on the podcast who is meaner to Casey than Kevin is.

The mind behind DeepMind.

A special Valentine’s Day look back.

Plus, more ancient scrolls deciphered using artificial intelligence, Google’s chatbot updates, and a fight between record labels and TikTok.

Introducing DJ TaskRabbit.

Strangely a lot of pro wrestling in this episode.

“Two truly terrible ways to make money this week.”

It’s a drugs episode.

“This is sort of the big kahuna.”

Plus, a very special Hard Fork holiday surprise.

Looks like Google is on the naughty list this year.

Like the Cybertruck, this podcast is also bulletproof.

It’s full steam ahead for the tech world despite, well, everything.

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“Probably the most shocking tech story of the year.”

The companies changing our phones, our media and our meat.

“On this podcast, we’re automating the haters.”

“It’s America, you can always sue.”

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Researchers in Korea claim they’ve identified a material that could unlock a technological revolution: the room temperature superconductor. Material scientists... more

On Sunday night, a crane arrived in downtown San Francisco to take down the Twitter sign from the company’s office... more

Dario Amodei has been anxious about A.I. since before it was cool to be anxious about A.I. After a few... more

This week, we answer more of your questions, like: What is ChatGPT’s carbon footprint? Why are engineers so sure artificial... more

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Whether it’s on TikTok or Twitter, A.I.-generated content is already flooding the web. So, what happens when the technology —... more

This week, advertisers swarmed the beaches of southern France for the Cannes Lions advertising festival. Kevin says artificial intelligence is... more

Moderators on Reddit have shut down their forums in protest of a new policy that charges users for access to... more

Apple kicked off the week with the announcement of a mixed-reality headset: the Apple Vision Pro. Putting a computer on... more

A few days after a lawyer used ChatGPT to write a brief filled with made-up cases, a group of A.I.... more

The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, says social media poses a “profound risk of harm” to young people. Why... more

In a congressional hearing this week, OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, appeared to be on the same page as lawmakers:... more

At its biggest event of the year, Google announced an avalanche of A.I. product releases: A.I. in search, A.I. that... more

The Twitter look-alike Bluesky, started by the former Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey, is doing the impossible: making social media... more

A song featuring A.I.-generated versions of Drake and the Weeknd went viral — before being taken down by streaming services.... more

Today we’re bringing you an episode on chips. No, not potato chips. While we rarely think about chips, they show... more

Aric Toler untangles the web of teens, gamers and memes at the heart of the latest intelligence scandal. Then, an update... more

The New York Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein has spent years talking to artificial intelligence researchers. Many of them feel... more

For years, Google was seen as one of the most cutting-edge developers of A.I. But, with OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT,... more

Google has unleashed its A.I. chatbot, Bard, to the world. And, Spotify’s A.I. D.J. knows your taste – perhaps a... more

Jonathan Kanter, who heads up the Justice Department’s antitrust division, believes that antitrust laws are critical for innovation — from... more

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