A.I. Slop Gets Personal: OpenAI Has a New Social Network | EP 156

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This week, we’re talking about the new A.I.-generated video tools and social media feeds from Google, Meta and OpenAI. Is this how A.I. is going to cure cancer? Then, the psychotherapist Gary Greenberg stops by to discuss his recent New Yorker essay about treating ChatGPT as a patient, and why what he saw left him unsettled. And finally, all aboard the Hot Mess Express! It’s time to rate the messiest stories in tech. For more on this episode, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/podcasts/sora-and-the-infinite-slop-feeds-chatgpt-goes-to-therapy-hot-mess-express.html Guest: Gary Greenberg, writer and psychotherapist https://www.garygreenbergonline.com/ Additional Reading: OpenAI Launches a Social Network https://www.platformer.news/sora-2-hands-on-openai-social-network/ OpenAI’s New Video App Is Jaw-Dropping (for Better and Worse) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/technology/openai-sora-video-app.html Putting ChatGPT on the Couch https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/putting-chatgpt-on-the-couch What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/opinion/chat-gpt-mental-health-suicide.html Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html YouTube Settles Trump Lawsuit Over Account Suspension for $24.5 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/technology/youtube-trump-lawsuit-settlement.html Chapters: 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:45 - Casey is SleepMaxxing 00:02:06 - This week on the show 00:02:46 - The rise of A.I. video slop 00:26:54 - Interview with Gary Greenberg 00:48:17 - Listener Mailbag: is A.I. making you smarter or dumber? Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech. Casey’s publication, Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hardfork Insta: Kevin Roose - https://www.instagram.com/kevinroose/ Casey Newton - https://www.instagram.com/crumbler/ Twitter (X): Kevin - https://x.com/kevinroose Casey - https://x.com/CaseyNewton Threads: Kevin - https://www.threads.net/@kevinroose Casey - https://www.threads.net/@crumbler Subscribe to the audio only podcast: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hard-fork/id1528594034 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/44fllCS2FTFr2x2kjP9xeT?si=86ba626802b849cd Amazon - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/7c7fe198-e6a8-41a8-b0fe-1d46b976dcd8/hard-fork YouTube Music - https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB9gMmtMLXxsa8C0PzHFL2tJFh7FrKrYD&si=Fwb9Uwon1ZneNsBp The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork Credits “Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton. Produced by Rachel Cohn and Whitney Jones. Engineering by Alyssa Moxley and original music by Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto. Fact-checking by Will Peischel. Our executive producer is Jen Poyant. Video production by Chris Schodt , Pat Gunther, Sawyer Roque, and Jake Nicol. Video QC by Isabella Anderson. Podcast Art Direction by Benjamin Wilkerson Tousley. Podcast Art & Animations by Julian Hespenheide. Additional Motion graphics by Phil Robibero. Thumbnails by Julia Moburg, Elizabeth Bristow, and Yvonne Stender. Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Niko Gallogly, Kate LoPresti and Jeffrey Miranda