Rowan Niemisto

1 day ago | nytimes.com | Michael Barbaro |Catie Edmondson |Rob Szypko |Eric Krupke |Rachel Quester |Liz O. Baylen | +5 more

President Trump has called the sweeping domestic policy bill that recently passed in the House the most important piece of legislation in his second term - a single bill that would unlock his entire domestic agenda. But as that bill heads to the Senate, it's raising questions among Republicans about whom Trumpism is really for.

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Natalie Kitroeff |Marc Santora |Olivia Natt |Caitlin O’Keefe |Anna Foley |Devon Taylor | +6 more

The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra Leigh Young, Lisa Chow, Eric Krupke, Marc Georges, M.J. Davis Lin, Dan Powell, Sydney Harper, Michael Benoist, Liz O.

1 week 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.

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

This week we dig into the ways chatbots are starting to manipulate us, including ChatGPT's sycophantic update, Meta's digital companionship turn and a secret experiment run on Reddit users. Then Kevin reports back from the unveiling of a new eye-scanning orb. And finally, we're joined by PJ Vogt for a brand-new segment called Group Chat Chat. Tickets to "Hard Fork Live" on June 24 are sold out. You can join the wait list here to be alerted if additional tickets become available.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Kate LoPresti |Frannie Carr Toth |Rowan Niemisto |Shaad D’Souza

Earlier this year, Bruno Mars became the first artist ever to amass 150 million monthly listeners on Spotify. But unlike many of his peers, Mars has paved a path to pop stardom without cultivating a devoted fan base, maintaining a consistent aesthetic or building a world around his music. Instead, his career has been defined by his reliability as a chameleonic hitmaker.