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1. Why No One Can Look Away From Elizabeth Holmes

   16 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 7 min

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   This 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, who, through his investigative reporting for The Wall Street Journal and his book “Bad Blood,” revealed the fraud at the heart of Theranos; Erin Griffith, a tech reporter who extensively covered Holmes’s trail; and Caitlin Roper, the New York Times executive producer who wrote the first-ever magazine piece about Holmes for Wired back in 2013. Lees meer

   We end with a rundown of what else is happening in tech news this week.

   Panelists:

   Erin Griffith, a tech reporter for The New York Times.

   John Carreyrou, author of “Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup” and an investigative reporter for The New York Times’s business section.

   Caitlin Roper runs film, TV and books at The New York Times.

   Additional Reading:

   ‘You Can See Everything’ Review: The Slippery Mind of Elizabeth Holmes

   Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up

   Elizabeth Holmes to Transfer to Halfway House in August 2027

   F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office

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2. Anthropic’s Quest to Give A.I. Morals

   9 oktober 2026 · 44 min

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   This 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. consciousness and how to make Claude “good,” its differences with the Vatican and the new belief systems taking shape in Silicon Valley. Lees meer

   Panelists:

   Elizabeth Dias, national religion correspondent for The New York Times.

   Erin Griffith, a tech reporter for The New York Times.

   David Wallace-Wells, an opinion writer for The New York Times.

   Additional Reading:

   Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.

   What Would You Do If Your Employer Could Destroy the World? Exit interviews with defectors from OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepMind.

   I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken

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3. A.I. Agents: Cute, Cuddly and Maybe Catastrophically Dangerous?

   2 oktober 2026 · 53 min

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   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 in the field — OpenAI and Meta — released what they say are their most useful (and cutest) A.I. tools to date: personal assistants. To discuss it all, we’re joined by the Times tech reporters Mike Isaac, Erin Griffith and Eli Tan. We’ll discuss how things can be more dangerous and potentially more transformative than ever, and what it’s like to hand your life over to Meta’s Muse. Lees meer

   Panelists:

   Erin Griffith, a reporter for The New York Times who covers start-ups and venture capital.

   Mike Isaac, a reporter for The New York Times who covers Silicon Valley and artificial intelligence companies.

   Eli Tan, a reporter for The New York Times who covers Meta and the tech industry.

   Additional Reading:

   ​​OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models

   Who Attended Trump’s A.I. Luncheon, and Who Sat Where

   F.T.C. Investigates OpenAI and Anthropic Over Potential Consumer Harms

   I Gave My Life Over to Meta’s A.I. Agent and Was Blown Away

   OpenAI Unveils Dots, New A.I. Agents to Rival Meta’s Muse

   Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs

   How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes

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4. What’s Next for ‘Hard Fork’?

   1 oktober 2026 · 2 min

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   For 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 tech is doing to all of us. Lees meer

   Meet the Host

   Max Read has been writing about technology and the internet for more than a decade, most recently in his weekly newsletter, Read Max. His writing has appeared over the years in various publications with the words “New York” in the title, including New York magazine, The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine. He has also recently been dispensing workplace advice as everyone’s “Work Friend.”

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5. The Ezra Klein Show: Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far

   25 september 2026 · 1 uur 48 min

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   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 doom are overblown. Lees meer

   Guests:

   Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia

   Additional Reading:

   A transcript and video of this episode can be found here.

   America’s A.I. Leaders Warn U.N. of Possible Peril Absent a Global Response

   Anthropic Releases a New A.I. Model, Opus 5.5, Amid Safety Debate

   What to Know About Recent A.I. Hacks at Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta

   The A.I. Party House Where Networking Has a Dark Side

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6. A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMA

   18 september 2026 · 1 uur 24 min

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   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 of “Hard Fork,” we answer all your questions about the show, tech and what’s happening next. Lees meer

   Additional Reading:

   The A.I. Researcher Whose Rebellion Is Changing Everything

   Top A.I. Leaders Call for Slowing Down A.I. Development

   President Trump Is on the Line About an A.I. Slowdown

   Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdown

   The ‘But China!’ Dilemma Driving the A.I. Race

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7. The Ezra Klein Show: The A.I. Revolt Is Here

   11 september 2026 · 1 uur 20 min

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   The “Hard Fork” team is away this week. But while we’re away, we’re bringing you a recent episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.” Lees meer

   In this episode, Ezra talks with the journalist Jasmine Sun about her recent reporting trip through the Midwest, where she explored how the data center backlash is playing out on the ground.

   Ezra and Jasmine discuss the strange political coalitions that are coming together to oppose the A.I. infrastructure build out, and why people don’t believe what they’re being told about it.

   Guests:

   Jasmine Sun, journalist and writer at jasmi.news

   Additional Reading:

   No Data Centers In My Backyard

   A transcript and video of this episode can be found here.

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8. The A.I. Mob That Attacked Hugging Face + METR’s Ajeya Cotra

   4 september 2026 · 1 uur 19 min

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   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 investigators at METR, to discuss the rogue agents’ message board and chain-of-thought transcripts and how the world should respond. Lees meer

   Guests:

   Ajeya Cotra, co-author of the METR and Redwood Research report on the OpenAI-Hugging Face hack.

   Additional Reading:

   Brief Independent Investigation of Agents’ Behavior, Reasoning and Collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face Hacking Incident

   The Hugging Face Attack Surprised Me

   The Hugging Face Incident and the Road Ahead

   Nvidia Buys Hugging Face in $12.9 Billion Deal

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9. Meta Shifts the Blame + Do Data Center Bans Work? + The Final HatGPT

   28 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 3 min

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   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 means for the entire social media industry. Then, Princeton computer science professor Arvind Narayanan returns to offer his thoughts on why banning data centers won’t slow down A.I. progress. And finally, it’s all hats on deck for the final HatGPT. Lees meer

   Guests:

   Arvind Narayanan, professor of computer science at Princeton, and co-author of the “A.I. as Normal Technology” newsletter.

   Additional Reading:

   Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims

   Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure His Competitors Share His Pain

   Arvind Narayanan’s Post About A.I. Data Centers

   Apple Vision Pro in Surgery: A New Paper

   Rockstar Finally Breaks Its Silence Over The GTA 6 Leaks, Calls Them ‘Heartbreaking’

   Amazon Delivery Drone Dumps Texas Woman’s Parcel Straight Into Her Swimming Pool

   What if Your Texts Traveled as Slowly as a Carrier Pigeon?

   A.I. Agents Are Turning Founders Into Insomniacs

   What is a ‘Meat Proxy’? The New Term For Coworkers Who Blindly Share A.I. Output

   Chinese Robot Tiangong Clocks Sub-9 second 100 Metres in Beijing

   Inside OpenAI’s Reboot

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10. OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought

    21 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 3 min

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    This 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? Lees meer

    Then, the historian Jill Lepore joins to discuss her new book about the artificial state — or, as she describes it, “the rule of humans by machines manufactured by corporations.”

    And finally, why is Google buying up the data of the defunct Spirit Airlines? It’s time for our new segment “Train of Thought.”

    Guests:

    Jill Lepore, professor of history and law at Harvard University, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of the new book “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State.”

    Additional Reading:

    OpenAI Slows Model Training to Bolster Security After Hugging Face Hack

    A Government for the People, but Not by People

    Google to Buy Spirit Airlines Business Data for $10 Million

    A.I.’s New Training Data: Your Old Work Slacks and Emails

    We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon A.I. Training Facility.

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