Rachel Cohn

New York

Behind-the-scenes clown with Hard Fork @nytimes. In-the-scenes clown on my Substack: Are You My Boyfriend? Formerly: @CNN, @ReplyAll and @Planetmoney

Articles

Trump Is Selling a Phone + The Start-Up Trying to Automate Every Job + Allison Williams Talks ‘M3GAN 2.0’

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Roose |Casey Newton |Whitney Jones |Rachel Cohn

Kevin Roose and Whitney Jones and Dan PowellMarion LozanoRowan Niemisto and This week, President Trump’s family business announced that it was introducing a mobile phone and a cellular network. We tick through the many potential conflicts of interest this new business venture raises. Then, the co-founders of the startup Mechanize defend their efforts to automate away all jobs — starting with software engineering. And finally, we take a trip to the movie theater.
Satellite images show damage to Iranian nuclear facility

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Rachel Cohn |Daniel Gessner |Henry Blodget

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Meta Bets on Scale + Apple’s A.I. Struggles + Listeners on Job Automation

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Roose |Casey Newton |Rachel Cohn |Whitney Jones

transcripttranscriptMeta Bets on Scale + Apple’s A.I. Struggles + Listeners on Job Automation“These pay packages that they’re offering are stretching into nine figures.”2025-06-13T07:00:06-04:00This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email [email protected] with any questions. casey newtonLet me ask you about this.
This is what a $70 million ticket from Axiom Space gets you

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Mark Abadi |Erica Star Domena |Rachel Cohn |Henry Blodget

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Dairy milk is making a comeback as consumers opt for a more protein-packed drink

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Mark Abadi |Erica Star Domena |Rachel Cohn |Henry Blodget

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The Trump-Musk Fallout + A DOGE Coder Speaks + ChefGPT

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Roose |Casey Newton |Whitney Jones |Rachel Cohn |Matt Collette |Chris Wood | +4 more

This week, Kevin and Casey discuss the sudden breakdown between President Trump and Elon Musk, whose disagreements over the policy bill before Congress quickly erupted into an all-out feud. Then, an ex-DOGE coder explains what it was really like to work inside the Trump administration's cost-cutting arm. And finally, the former New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells explains why some chefs are turning to A.I. for inspiration.
Ukraine carries out massive drone attack on Russian bombers

3 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Mark Abadi |Erica Star Domena |Jake Epstein |Rachel Cohn

Ukrainian forces carried out a massive drone attack on Russia that took over a year and a half to plan and execute.
Glacier collapse wipes out Swiss village in the Alps

4 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Mark Abadi |Erica Star Domena |Rachel Cohn |Henry Blodget

On May 28, a massive glacier gave way and destroyed a village in the Swiss Alps after a rockfall caused it to fail under pressure.
The A.I. Jobpocalypse, Building at Anthropic with Mike Krieger and Hard Fork Crimes Division

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Roose |Casey Newton |Rachel Cohn |Whitney Jones |Matt Collette |Chris Wood | +3 more

This week, we dive into Kevin's recent column about how A.I. is affecting the job market for new graduates, and debate whether the job apocalypse is already here for entry-level work. Then Mike Krieger joins us to discuss the new Claude 4 model, the future of work and the online chatter over whether an A.I. system could blackmail you. And finally, it's time to open up the case files for another round of Hard Fork Crimes Division.
Chaos erupts after thousands of Palestinians rush to grab aid in Gaza

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Mark Abadi |Erica Star Domena |Rachel Cohn |Henry Blodget

A US aid agency backed by Israel has established distribution hubs in Gaza, but the UN is concerned this may forcibly displace Gazans and trigger chaos among a population on the brink of famine.