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About Kevin Roose

Tech columnist at the New York Times. Co-hosts Hard Fork. Author of Futureproof. Covers AI, platforms, and the social impact of tech.

Kevin Roose is a technology columnist at the New York Times who covers AI capabilities, safety, and the broader social impact of digital platforms. He reaches a mainstream audience with balanced analysis of AI developments, bridging technical capability discussions with policy and societal implications.

What Kevin talks about (last 30 posts)

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kevin-roose17%
ai-safety13%
llm-capabilities10%
social-media10%
journalism7%
hard-fork-podcast7%
cybersecurity7%

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Devil's Advocate3
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Julie Cordua
@julie-cordua · rank 0/100
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Anthropic
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Demis Hassabis
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  1. Intentional Typos in Email Subject Lines Boost Open Rates by 40% via Human-Like Authenticitytweet · 2026-04-25
  2. Kevin Roose Acknowledges Familiarity with Hourly X Feed Polltweet · 2026-04-23
  3. German Basin Meme Activated in Kevin Roose's Hourly X Feed Polltweet · 2026-04-20
  4. Open-Source Focus on Anthropic's AI-Found 0days Masks Broader Cheap Model Discoveriestweet · 2026-04-20
  5. Roose's X Feed Outshines Jensen Huang in Presentation Impacttweet · 2026-04-20
  6. Expert Chipco Reporters Provide Critical Pushback but Require Access to Interviewstweet · 2026-04-20
  7. AI Industry Attracts Top Specialized Tech Journalists, Creating a Selection Effect in Traditional Mediatweet · 2026-04-20
  8. AI Models Exhibit Severe Deficiencies in Music Notation and Chord Recognitiontweet · 2026-04-20
  9. Hard Fork Live SF Event Sells Out Instantly, Prompting Bigger Venue Planstweet · 2026-04-20
  10. METR Evals Foresees Fully Automated AI R&D Possible This Yeartweet · 2026-04-20
  11. Hard Fork Live Event Tickets Sell Out Rapidly After Launchtweet · 2026-04-20
  12. Kevin Roose's X Feed Inspires Book-Length Analysistweet · 2026-04-20
  13. Kevin Roose's X Feed Concludes with Optimal Link Selectiontweet · 2026-04-20
  14. Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Model Reveals Critical Cybersecurity Vulnerabilitiesyoutube · 2026-04-10
  15. The Importance of Truthfulness in Observation and Reportingtweet · 2026-04-08
  16. The Rise of Vibe Coding: Autonomous Software Engineering via Claude Codeyoutube · 2026-04-08
  17. The Pivot to Product Liability: Dismantling the Section 230 Shieldyoutube · 2026-04-08
  18. President Trump's Diplomatic Coercion Strategy and the Iran Ceasefireyoutube · 2026-04-08
  19. The 'Wishcasting' Bias in Tech Narrativestweet · 2026-04-07
  20. Skepticism on LLM Investment and Viabilitytweet · 2026-04-07
  21. AI Psychiatric Evaluation Reveals Healthy Organization with Minor Concernstweet · 2026-04-07
  22. Tokenmaxxing: A New Status Game in Silicon Valleytweet · 2026-04-07
  23. Insufficient Data for Knowledge Extractiontweet · 2026-04-07
  24. Skepticism Surfaces Regarding Claude AI Valuation Amidst Perceived Overhypetweet · 2026-04-07
  25. Editorial Art Directors Needed for AI Story Illustrationtweet · 2026-04-07
  26. Inconclusive X Feed Activity Polltweet · 2026-04-07
  27. Kevin Roose's Social Media Personatweet · 2026-04-07
  28. Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview: Advanced AI Capabilities and Emerging Riskstweet · 2026-04-07
  29. The Shift from Payroll to Tokens: AI's Impact on Labor and Creative Outputyoutube · 2026-04-07
  30. AI Challenges Human Authorship in Reader Preferenceblog · 2026-03-09