I write and podcast about the technologies that influence our lives, our culture and our society. Recently, that’s meant a lot of coverage of A.I. and its implications, but I’ve also spent years reporting on social media, online extremism, cryptocurrency and other subjects.
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“The question is not are these first couple of ads that we’re seeing from OpenAI going to be good or not? It’s whether two or three years from now, ChatGPT is being steered toward ad-friendly topics.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Vjeran Pavic, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Diane Wong
The author of “The Anxious Generation” shares his latest research about the harms social media is doing to children.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton and Whitney Jones
The author of “The Anxious Generation” shares his latest research about the harms social media is doing to children.
“If we can’t win on social media, then we definitely can’t win on A.I.,” says Haidt.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Vjeran Pavic, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell, Leah Shaw Dameron and Alyssa Moxley
A “Hard Fork” and “Search Engine” collaboration.
By Kevin Roose and Casey Newton
“This is a story about how a tool can be used to try to affect politics and in particular to minimize women, denigrate them and push them out of the conversation.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Vjeran Pavic, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Diane Wong
“When we came into the studio last year to record our resolutions, I had the best of intentions.”
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
If you’ve ever wondered what chatbots are good for and how best to use them, this episode is for you.
By Christine Cyr Clisset, Caira Blackwell, Rosie Guerin, Abigail Keel and Kevin Roose
A tech C.E.O. explains why A.I. probably won’t cure diseases anytime soon. Hint: You still need humans.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton and Rachel Cohn
“We were roadkill,” says Colin Angle, former chief executive of iRobot, maker of the robot vacuum.
By Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Diane Wong