A.I. Safety Goes Mainstream + a ‘Hard Fork’ Exit AMA

This week, we break down why everyone is suddenly talking about A.I. safety, why frontier A.I. companies are asking for regulation and why the Trump administration is rejecting them. And then, to close out this chapter of “Hard Fork,” we answer all your questions about the show, tech and what’s happening next.

Additional Reading

• The A.I. Researcher Whose Rebellion Is Changing Everything

• Top A.I. Leaders Call for Slowing Down A.I. Development

• President Trump Is on the Line About an A.I. Slowdown

• Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdown

• The ‘But China!’ Dilemma Driving the A.I. Race

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Credits

“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Whitney Jones. This episode was edited by Vjeran Pavic. Engineering by Katie McMurran and original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, and Rowan Niemisto. Fact-checking by Will Peischel.

Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Brooke Minters and Dahlia Haddad.