Grok’s Undressing Scandal + Claude Code Capers + Casey Busts a Reddit Hoax
Users of X are asking the platform’s built-in A.I. chatbot, Grok, to remove clothing from images of celebrities and everyday people. We talk with the New York Times reporter Kate Conger about how some...
9 Jan 1h 16min
Our 2026 Tech Resolutions + We Answer Your Questions
Happy New Year! We’re kicking things off by sharing our tech resolutions for 2026 and reflecting on how we fared with our social media and meditation goals from last year.Then, we open up the listener...
2 Jan 59min
The Wirecutter Show: Tips for Using A.I. Smartly With Kevin Roose
Kevin recently joined the hosts of The Wirecutter Show for a conversation about the A.I. products he’s using, strategies to make chatbots work better and his beloved robot vacuums Bruce Roose and Bruc...
30 Des 202534min
Where Is All the A.I.-Driven Scientific Progress?
The leaders of the biggest A.I. labs argue that artificial intelligence will usher in a new era of scientific discovery, which will help us cure diseases and accelerate our ability to address the clim...
26 Des 202539min
Why Roomba Died + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin’ Xmas Song
This week, iRobot, the pioneering American robotics company behind the Roomba, filed for bankruptcy and announced that it would be taken over by its Chinese creditor. Colin Angle, a co-founder and a f...
19 Des 20251h 3min
Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped
This week, Australia implemented the most aggressive social media ban in a democracy to date, kicking children under 16 off 10 of the most popular social platforms. We discuss how the platforms lost t...
12 Des 20251h 9min
OpenAI Calls a ‘Code Red’ + Which Model Should I Use? + The Hard Fork Review of Slop
It’s A.I. model rollout season in Silicon Valley, and OpenAI appears to be feeling the pressure. Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, sent a memo to staff on Monday declaring a “code red” effort...
5 Des 202558min
Hard Fork’s 50 Most Iconic Technologies of 2025
Last year we debuted Hard Fork’s 100 Most Iconic Technologies list, in which we ranked the technologies from across all of history that best define life as we know it. To our surprise, it became one o...
28 Nov 20251h 16min
