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.
Is Amazon's Drone Delivery Finally Ready for Prime Time?
This week, we took a field trip to the Phoenix suburbs to see Amazon’s newest iteration of drone delivery...
EscucharTikTok's Last Stand + Google's Quantum Breakthrough + Cult of Claude
Last Friday, a panel of federal judges denied TikTok’s petition to overturn the law that could force...
EscucharIs Intel Cooked? + What's Your P(Dyson Sphere)? + Hard Fork Gift Guide
This week, Pat Gelsinger stepped down as chief executive of Intel. We talk with The New York Times’s...
EscucharHard Fork's 100 Most Iconic Technologies
This week, we’re bringing you a Thanksgiving special that’s great for a long car ride, a day of...
EscucharTrump's Next Online Speech Cop + Doctors vs ChatGPT + Hard Fork Crimes Division
This week, President-elect Donald Trump picked Brendan Carr to be the next chairman of the F.C.C. We...
EscucharCrypto Congress + HBD ChatGPT + What Social Media Platform Should I Be On?
This week, we explore how the 2024 election paved the way for a new crypto-friendly Congress and what...
EscucharWhat Trump 2.0 Means for Tech + A.I. Made Me Basic + HatGPT!
As of this week, we have a new president-elect. We discuss how the incoming administration’s approach...
EscucharBillionaire Game Theory + We Are Not Ready for A.G.I. + Election Betting Markets Get Weird
Last week, Jeff Bezos canceled the Washington Post editorial board’s plan to endorse Kamala Harris....
EscucharThe Elon-ction + Can A.I. Be Blamed for a Teen’s Suicide?
Note: This episode contains mentions of suicide. This week, how Elon Musk became a main character in...
EscucharPowerful A.I. By 2026? + Uber's C.E.O. on the Robotaxi Future + Casey's TikTok Test
This week, the A.I. company Anthropic has Silicon Valley rethinking the timeline for artificial general...
EscucharA Flood of A.I. Slop + Searching for Satoshi + the Hot Mess Express Returns
This week, in the wake of recent natural disasters, we dig into the rise of A.I.-generated slop that’s...
EscucharCan California Regulate A.I.? + Silicon Valley’s Super Babies + System Update!
On Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California vetoed Senate Bill 1047, an A.I. safety bill that would have...
EscucharMeta’s Race for Your Face + Google’s Hit A.I. Notebook + HatGPT
This week, Casey reports back from a wild day at Meta Connect, discussing what’s new with Meta’s...
EscucharOpenAI's Reasoning Machine + Instagram Teen Changes + Amazon RTO Drama
Last week, OpenAI released a preview of its hotly anticipated new model, o1. We discuss what it has...
EscucharDo You Need a New iPhone? + Yuval Noah Harari’s A.I. Fears + Hard Fork Crimes Division
Apple unveiled its latest gadgets at its big September event on Monday. We discuss the most interesting...
EscucharX Gets a Brazilian Ax + Founder Mode + Listeners Respond on School Phone Bans
Over the weekend, X was banned in Brazil. We talk with The New York Times’s Brazil bureau chief, Jack...
EscucharThe Telegram Problem + Gov. Kathy Hochul on School Phone Bans + Kevin's A.I. Reputation Rehab
Telegram’s founder, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France and charged with several crimes connected...
EscucharWhat Happened to the A.I. Election? + ChatGPT for Mayor + The Productivity Tools We’re Using
This week, we discuss why so few campaigns seem to be experimenting with A.I. The Times’s Sheera Frenkel...
EscucharCan Musk Get Trump Elected? + Steve Ballmer’s Quest for the Facts + This Week in A.I.
This week, we debate whether Elon Musk’s recent stumping and fund-raising for former President Trump...
EscucharGoogle’s Monopoly Money + Is the A.I. Bubble Popping? + The Hot-Mess Express
This week, a federal judge ruled that Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in online search....
EscucharThe Zoom Election + Google DeepMind's Math Olympiad + HatGPT! Olympics Edition
This week, with hundreds of thousands of people joining online political rallies for Kamala Harris,...
EscucharKamala Harris’s Bratty Coconut Memescape + What Does $1,000 a Month Do? + The Empire CrowdStrikes Back
This week, the memes didn’t just fall out of coconut trees — a rundown of the social media reaction...
EscucharSocial Media Reacts to an Attempted Assassination + Tech Elites for Trump + TikTok's Jawmaxxing Trend
This week, an assassination attempt for the social media age: what the platforms got right and wrong...
EscucharAlison Roman Answers Your Hard Questions
Throw down a picnic blanket, and grab some snacks and drinks: It’s time for some Hard Questions with...
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