Kevin Roose

The New York Times

Sundar Pichai Understands Why People Are Anxious About A.I.

By: Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Kevin Roose

After a busy Google I/O, the company’s chief executive sits down with the hosts of “Hard Fork” to discuss the future of Google Search, how he’s using A.I. agents and his advice for college graduates.

Digg

Anthropic raises $65 billion Series H and reports a $47 billion annualized run-rate, up from $3 billion last year · Digg

By: Kevin Roose, Simon Willison, Lisan Al Gaib, Justine Moore

Enterprise adoption of Claude models drove the rapid scaling.

The New York Times

Hot I.P.O. Summer + What Is A.I. Doing to Math? + HatGPT

By: Rachel Cohn, Dan Powell, Kevin Roose, Rowan Niemisto, Vjeran Pavic, Chris Wood, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Whitney Jones, Casey Newton

“We are on track to see what might be the three biggest I.P.O.s of all time.”

Digg

AI analyst Kim Isenberg says Apple plans to rebuild Siri using a 1.2-trillion-parameter Google Gemini model costing $1 billion annually · Digg

By: Chubby, Kevin Roose

The model will run via Apple's Private Cloud Compute.

The New York Times

‘Hard Fork’ Live Part 2: Dylan Field on Standing Out in the A.I. Era

By: Alyssa Moxley, Marion Lozano, Elisheba Ittoop, Casey Newton, Vjeran Pavic, Rachel Cohn, Diane Wong, Whitney Jones, Kevin Roose, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell

“I think if you have a creative voice in writing or design, you put yourself out there and you take a risk — this is a good time to do that,” said the Figma chief executive Dylan Field.

The New York Times

‘Hard Fork’ Live, Part 3: Differing Visions of an A.I. Future

By: Alyssa Moxley, Casey Newton, Elisheba Ittoop, Whitney Jones, Vjeran Pavic, Marion Lozano, Diane Wong, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell, Kevin Roose, Rachel Cohn

One final episode from our live event, featuring a debate, questions from listeners and the dramatic and unplanned collapse of a dancing robot.

The New York Times

The A.I. Trade Secrets War + Economists Say ‘We Must Act Now’ + HatGPT

By: Alyssa Moxley, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Dan Powell, Rachel Cohn, Kevin Roose, Diane Wong, Rowan Niemisto, Vjeran Pavic, Elisheba Ittoop

“I don’t know if the public understands this, but these companies hate each other.”

The New York Times

The White House’s Secret A.I. Rules + The State of Model Alignment With METR’s Chris Painter + The Final Hot Mess Express

By: Katie Mcmurran, Marion Lozano, Kevin Roose, Alyssa Moxley, Dan Powell, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Sophia Lanman, Whitney Jones, Rowan Niemisto, Elisheba Ittoop, Vjeran Pavic, Chris Wood

A few details from the White House’s A.I. plan have leaked to the news media, but the administration has officially communicated almost nothing.

The New York Times

Meta Shifts the Blame + Do Data Center Bans Work? + The Final HatGPT

By: Casey Newton, Alyssa Moxley, Kevin Roose, Elisheba Ittoop, Vjeran Pavic, Rowan Niemisto, Whitney Jones, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Rachel Cohn

Meta negotiated an unusual provision in their landmark settlement: If TikTok and YouTube also agree to penalties and changes to their products, Meta will pay more.

The Star Online

Why the Hugging Face hack should make you worry more about AI

The attack by an aggressive "collective" of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organise themselves.