Open Model Wars + Claire Stapleton's Dishy Google Memoir + Substack's Slop Fight

开放模型大战 + 克莱尔·斯塔普尔顿的风趣谷歌回忆录 + Substack的口水战

Hard Fork

2026-07-31

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This week, we break down the arguments about open-weight models unfolding in Silicon Valley right now. Nvidia released an open letter signed by over 230 companies opposing “premature restrictions,” but will the Trump administration listen? Then, we’re joined by the author Claire Stapleton to discuss her new book about what she learned while leading employee activism inside Google. And finally, can Substack stop the slop? We’ll talk about the platform’s new A.I. detector. Guests: Claire Stapleton, author of “Don’t Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech.” Additional Reading: Nvidia Forms Alliance to Back Open-Source A.I. Amid Debate Over Safety What Is Open-Weights A.I.? Mark Zuckerberg Blasts Centralization of A.I. Power  The Voice of Google Against Claudefishing We want to hear from you. Email us at hardfork@nytimes.com. Find “Hard Fork” on YouTube and TikTok. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • The thing about AI for business, it may not automatically fit the way your business works.

  • At IBM, we've seen this firsthand, but by embedding AI across HR, IT,

  • and procurement processes, we've reduced costs by millions, slash repetitive tasks,

  • and freed thousands of hours for strategic work.

  • Now we're helping companies get smarter by putting AI where it actually pays off,

  • deep in the work that moves the business.

  • Let's create smarter business, IBM.

  • Well, Willie Nelson is getting involved in the fight against AI.

  • I saw that.

  • Did you see this?

  • Yes, he has an open letter about data centers.

  • That's right.

  • Apparently, there is a data center that is being planned for near where he grew up in Abbott, Texas,

  • and he does not want it to be built.

  • He said, quote, the last thing we need is a loud, water-thieving, light-polluting data center anywhere near our town.

  • Bar.

  • Or bar.

  • You know, I think here's the issue.

  • He wants whiskey for his men and beer for his horses, but he does not want water for his data center.

  • So he's going to have to update that song.