Hard Fork

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. 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 We want to hear from you. Email us at [email protected]. Find “Hard Fork” on YouTube and TikTok . 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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. 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 .” We want to hear from you. Email us at [email protected]. Find “Hard Fork” on YouTube and TikTok . 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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. 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 We want to hear from you. Email us at [email protected]. Find “Hard Fork” on YouTube and TikTok . 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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. 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.