Kevin Hartnett

Journalist and author of The Proof in the Code, covering mathematics, computer science, and AI. He was previously a senior writer at Quanta Magazine and has written for outlets including The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, WIRED, Nautilus, and Scientific American.

SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI Listings Could Reshape AI Governance

Kevin Roose and Casey Newton argue that the expected IPOs of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI would turn the AI boom into a public-markets event with consequences far beyond Silicon Valley insiders. On Hard Fork, they say the listings could mint vast private fortunes, reshape San Francisco housing and philanthropy, and force ordinary index-fund investors into companies whose governance and safety choices remain unsettled. The episode then turns to Kevin Hartnett, who says recent AI advances in mathematics have moved from benchmark wins to publishable research, leaving mathematicians divided over whether the technology is a tool, a threat, or both.

Hard ForkJun 5, 202619 min read