Sway
Power, unpacked. “Sway” is a new interview show hosted by Kara Swisher, “Silicon Valley’s most feared and well liked journalist.” Now taking on Washington, Hollywood and the world, Kara investigates power: who has it, who’s been denied it, and who dares to defy it. Every Monday and Thursday, from New York Times Opinion Audio.
TikTok on the Clock + Tesla’s Flop Era + How NASA Fixed a ’70s-Era Space Computer
On Wednesday, President Biden signed a bill into law that would force the sale of TikTok or ban the...
EscucharThe Music Episode
This week, we drop the Hard Fork Music Megamix. Plus, we talk to two of the New York Time's composers...
EscucharA.I.’s Data Wall + a Surprise Privacy Bill + What Happened to the TikTok Ban?
This week, the companies building artificial intelligence are facing a limit to what training data is...
EscucharIs AI Already Taking Jobs? + A Filmmaker Tries Sora + The XZ Backdoor Caper
This week we look at how AI is affecting jobs. As companies start announcing AI-related job cuts and...
EscucharA.I.’s Messy Moment + Listeners Respond to Jonathan Haidt + Shrimp Jesus
Warning: The second segment of this episode includes mentions of suicide. If you are in crisis please...
EscucharJustice Dept. Sues Apple + Smartphones and Children with Jonathan Haidt + Reddit’s IPO
This week, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Apple, saying the company holds a monopoly over the smartphone...
EscucharA Looming TikTok Ban + A Royal Photoshop Mystery + Your Car is Snitching
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban TikTok if its Chinese-owned...
EscucharMusk vs. OpenAI + Europe’s Tech Crackdown + A Month With the Vision Pro
OpenAI responded to Elon Musk’s lawsuit this week, with a blog post that included emails dating to...
EscucharGemini's Culture War + Kara Swisher Burns Us + SCOTUS Takes Up Content Moderation
Warning: This episode contains strong language.Google removed the ability to generate images of people...
EscucharGoogle DeepMind C.E.O. Demis Hassabis on the Path From Chatbots to A.G.I.
This week’s episode is a conversation with Demis Hassabis, the head of Google’s artificial intelligence...
EscucharThe State of A.I. + Will Perplexity Beat Google or Destroy the Web?
A year ago, a chatbot tried to break up Kevin Roose’s marriage. Ever since, chatbots haven’t been...
EscucharBluesky’s Big Bet + Are Deals Dead in Silicon Valley?
Bluesky, the Twitter spin-off, is now open for public sign-ups. Can its dreams of decentralization fix...
EscucharWe Tried the Apple Vision Pro + Can Congress Protect Kids Online? + Cruise’s Crash
Apple’s Vision Pro headset is now for sale in stores. Will it live up to the hype? Kevin Roose and...
EscucharMediapocalypse Now + a16z’s Chris Dixon Defends Crypto + HatGPT
Layoffs are hitting newsrooms and publishers again, as tech platforms, ad markets and artificial intelligence...
EscucharThe AI Election + Bitcoin’s Wall Street Debut + TikTok’s Doodad Era
OpenAI has released its plan to fight disinformation in elections in 2024, but will its policies be...
EscucharWhy Casey Left Substack + Elon’s Drug Use + A.I. Antibiotic Discovery
Casey is taking his newsletter Platformer off Substack, as criticism over the company’s handling of...
EscucharThe Times Sues OpenAI + A Debate Over iMessage + Our New Year’s Tech Resolutions
The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft last week for copyright infringement. Kevin Roose and Casey...
EscucharOur 2024 Predictions + Jenny Slate Answers Your Hard Questions!
Last year, we predicted what 2023 in tech would look like. This week, we take a look back at those predictions,...
EscucharGoogle’s Epic Loss + Silicon Valley’s Curious New Subculture + How 2023 Changed the Internet
A jury decided the Google Play store unfairly stifles competition and maintains a monopoly. Kevin and...
EscucharGoogle's Next Top Model + Will the Cybertruck Crash? + This Week in A.I.
Warning: This episode contains some explicit language. Google’s new artificial intelligence model...
EscucharWhat’s Next for OpenAI + Binance Is Binanceled + A.I. Is Eating the Internet
Warning: This episode contains some explicit language. The drama at OpenAI is not over. Kevin and Casey...
Escuchar(Yet Another) Emergency Pod: Sam Altman Is Back
In yet another head-spinning twist at OpenAI, Sam Altman was reinstated as the company’s chief executive...
EscucharMayhem at OpenAI + Our Interview With Sam Altman
Last week, we interviewed Sam Altman. Since then, well, everything has changed. The board of OpenAI,...
EscucharEmergency Pod: Sam Altman is Out at Open AI
Sam Altman, the chief executive of Open AI, was pushed out of the company by its board of directors...
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