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Kevin Roose publishes a book and launches a podcast startup

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In October 2026, Kevin Roose released his new book The AGI Chronicles, documenting the race towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) among frontier labs and the shift in industry culture. He and Casey Newton left The New York Times, and last week launched a new podcast, Machine Gods, in partnership with NPR and with a video-first format. Roose says YouTube is the most important media platform today, but high-quality journalism makes up only a tiny share of it.

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Oct 26
  1. The Verge · AI
    Kevin Roose is AGI-pilled. Why aren’t you?

    Today, I’m talking to Kevin Roose, journalist and author of the new book The AGI Chronicles, which details the recent and explosive transformation of the AI industry.

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