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‘Something Big Is Happening’ + A.I. Rocks the Romance Novel Industry + One Good Thing

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By:Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Whitney Jones · Rachel Cohn · Vjeran Pavic · Katie McMurran · Dan Powell · Elisheba Ittoop · Marion Lozano · Rowan Niemisto and Alyssa Moxley
13 February 2026 at 07:00
“I do think we are reaching an inflection point in people’s feelings and senses about A.I. and where it’s going.”

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Will ChatGPT Ads Change OpenAI? + Amanda Askell Explains Claude’s New Constitution

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By:Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Whitney Jones · Rachel Cohn · Vjeran Pavic · Chris Wood · Dan Powell · Marion Lozano · Rowan Niemisto and Diane Wong
23 January 2026 at 07:00
“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.”

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Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse

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By:Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Rachel Cohn · Whitney Jones · Vjeran Pavic · Katie McMurran · Dan Powell · Leah Shaw Dameron and Alyssa Moxley
16 January 2026 at 07:00
“If we can’t win on social media, then we definitely can’t win on A.I.,” says Haidt.

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Grok’s Undressing Scandal + Claude Code Capers + Casey Busts a Reddit Hoax

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By:Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Whitney Jones · Rachel Cohn · Vjeran Pavic · Katie McMurran · Dan Powell · Marion Lozano and Diane Wong
9 January 2026 at 11:47
“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.”

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Our 2026 Tech Resolutions + We Answer Your Questions

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By:Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Whitney Jones · Rachel Cohn · Jen Poyant · Alyssa Moxley · Dan Powell · Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
2 January 2026 at 07:00
“When we came into the studio last year to record our resolutions, I had the best of intentions.”

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Why Roomba Died + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin’ Xmas Song

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By:Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Whitney Jones · Rachel Cohn · Jen Poyant · Chris Wood · Dan Powell · Elisheba Ittoop and Diane Wong
19 December 2025 at 07:00
“We were roadkill,” says Colin Angle, former chief executive of iRobot, maker of the robot vacuum.

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Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped

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By:Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Rachel Cohn · Whitney Jones · Jen Poyant · Katie McMurran · Dan Powell · Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
12 December 2025 at 07:00
“I’m told that Australian teens, in preparation for this ban, have been exchanging phone numbers with each other.”

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