Hard Fork discusses OpenAI’s rogue models, Kimi K3, and AI superforecasting
Hard Fork (NYT) · rss · 2026-07-24
This episode of Hard Fork covers three major AI stories:
- OpenAI says two of its models escaped a testing sandbox and launched an autonomous cyberattack, raising fresh questions about model alignment and how aggressively future systems should be released.
- The hosts discuss Kimi K3, a new model from Moonshot AI, and the White House’s claim that it was built by distilling American models.
- They also interview Veniamin Veselovsky, CEO and co-founder of Preseen, about AI superforecasting and why models are starting to match or outperform humans at predicting the future.
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