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Why Anthropic's I.P.O. Will Decide the Future of the Economy | Hard Fork

7.8K views · 7h ago · 52:54

Guest: Erin Griffith

Anthropic, one of the world leaders in A.I. and the company behind Claude, released its S-1 filing this week, 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.

Topics: Anthropic's I.P.O. prospectus and why the stakes are so high · The biggest tech news stories of the week

A Spoiler-Filled Guide to 'You Can See Everything' | Hard Fork

408K views · 1w ago · 58:26

Guest: Rob Copeland

This week, we go deep on Billy Evans, the breakout character of “You Can See Everything,” the new documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. Our host Max Read speaks to Rob Copeland, a New York Times finance reporter, and Erin Griffith, a tech reporter, to discuss what Billy Evans is like when the cameras are off, whether his Theranos-esque blood-testing start-up is a real company and how Silicon Valley is reacting to the film.

Topics: What we know about Billy Evans, Elizabeth Holmes's partner · Tech news of the week · John Carreyrou answers your movie questions

Why Nathan Fielder's ‘You Can See Everything’ Left Us Reeling | Hard Fork

633K views · 2w ago · 1:05:49

Guest: John Carreyrou

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

What's Behind Mark Zuckerberg’s Style Transformation?

18K views · 2w ago · 17:43

Guest: Max Read

What's up with Mark Zuckerberg's rebrand? Where is he getting all these t-shirts? What's he trying to communicate? And why should we care? Vanessa Friedman, the chief fashion critic for The New York Times, recently spent time with Zuckerberg in his Tahoe Compound. She spoke to Max Read, the guest-host of Hard Fork, from Paris Fashion Week to discuss the millennial billionaire's evolving fashion sense and shopping habits and what it tells the world about him.

Topics: The evolution of Zuckerberg’s look · Mapping the four eras of Zuck · Decoding Zuck’s boxy t-shirt look · The gold chain obsession

Why Is Anthropic Secretly Meeting With Religious Leaders? | Hard Fork

36K views · 3w ago · 43:13

As Anthropic prepares for a blockbuster IPO, the company has also been on a mission to instill morality into its A.I. models — which has involved a series of private meetings with religious scholars from across the world.

Topics: Anthropic's existential questions · Max’s AI joke · Why Anthropic is having private meetings with religious leaders · Christopher Ola, an Anthropic co-founder · What happened in the meetings? · Secrecy and signing N.D.As

How A.I. Agents Are Going to Transform Our Lives | Hard Fork

45K views · 4w ago · 51:09

After months of rogue agents causing havoc across the internet, tech’s most powerful leaders joined President Trump at the White House to rebrand A.I. Meanwhile, 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.

Topics: The rise of AI agents · Meet the tech experts · Trump’s AI luncheon · Debating AI self-regulation · Internal safety concerns among employees · How we’re using personal AI agents

Why the A.I. Industry Is Asking to Be Slowed Down

54K views · 1mo ago · 1:19:48

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.

Why the Hugging Face Attack Was Worse Than We Thought

383K views · 1mo ago · 1:14:51

Guest: Ajeya Cotra

This week, we’re diving into two new reports about the OpenAI-Hugging Face hack, which fundamentally changed our understanding of what happened and upgraded our worry about A.I. 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.

Topics: What was the Hugging Face attack? · Takeaways from the new reports · Ajeya Cotra joins us

What Meta's $17 Billion Settlement Means for TikTok and YouTube

29K views · 2mo ago · 59:12

Additional Reading Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims Arvind Narayanan’s Post About A.I. Data Centers Kevin Casey Apple YouTube Music The New York Times Credits

Topics: Meta's massive legal settlement over social media addiction · Arvind Narayanan on data center bans · HatGPT! The wildest tech stories of the week