Kevin Roose
Journalist covering AI, co-host of the Machine Gods podcast and author of The AGI Chronicles
Kevin Roose is a journalist who covers AI and the technology industry and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. With Casey Newton, Kevin co-hosts Machine Gods, a podcast about AI made in partnership with NPR, which its site says starts the week of October 19, 2026. Kevin was previously a technology columnist at The New York Times, where Kevin co-created and co-hosted the Hard Fork podcast and created the Rabbit Hole series. Kevin's books include The AGI Chronicles (2026), about the race to build artificial general intelligence, and Futureproof (2021), about AI and automation.12
Work
Machine Gods (external site: machinegods.fm)Show, channel, or publication
Co-hosts this podcast about AI with Casey Newton, made in partnership with NPR, starting the week of October 19, 2026.12
Hard Fork (external site: nytimes.com)Show, channel, or publication
Co-created and co-hosted The New York Times technology podcast with Casey Newton from 2022 to 2026.1
The AGI Chronicles (external site: theagichronicles.com)Show, channel, or publication
Author of this 2026 book about the race to create artificial general intelligence.1
Other documented roles
Roles the sources document but that are not confirmed as current.
- Technology columnist and co-host of Hard Fork, The New York Times1
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