Hard Fork: Why AI Safety Suddenly Went Mainstream, and Regulators Pushed Back
Hard Fork (NYT) · rss · 2026-09-18
The NYT Hard Fork podcast examines why AI safety has suddenly become a mainstream topic: why frontier labs are now asking for regulation while the Trump administration rejects those calls. The episode covers top AI leaders calling to slow development, Zuckerberg targeting Anthropic in the slowdown debate, and the "But China!" dilemma fueling the AI race. It closes with an exit AMA from the hosts.
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