Tech Stock Shock + Solving the Mystery of OpenAI's "Blip" + Tinder's Flirt-Off
Hard Fork4 Huhti 2025

Tech Stock Shock + Solving the Mystery of OpenAI's "Blip" + Tinder's Flirt-Off

This week, President Trump announced sweeping new tariffs that are roiling the global economy. We discuss what this could mean for the tech sector and whether this will give China a competitive advantage over the United States in the development of A.I. Then, we chat with a Wall Street Journal reporter, Keach Hagey, about her new book on Sam Altman and how she solved the mystery of his firing from OpenAI. And finally, Tinder has a new chatbot that you can practice your flirting skills with — which means it’s time for a flirting competition.

Guest:

  • Keach Hagey, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of the forthcoming book The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future.

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