Hot summer of IPOs + What is AI doing with math? + HatGPT

SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are all competing in the public markets. We discuss what their IPOs mean for the industry, charitable giving and anyone who invests in an index fund. More than 1,000 mathematicians then signed a statement this week expressing concern about the use of artificial intelligence in their field. Author Kevin Hartnett joins in to explain what all the fuss is about. And finally, we’ll run through the week’s biggest headlines — including the new AI executive order — in a HatGPT roundup.

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“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Whitney Jones and Rachel Cohn. This episode was edited by Vjeran Pavic. Engineering by Chris Wood and original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto. Fact-checking by Caitlin Love.

Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, and Dahlia Haddad.