The Future of Addictive Design + Going Deep at DeepMind + HatGPT
From Hard Fork by The New York Times
April 3, 2026 · 1h 9m · Episode 188
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of addictive design in technology, the role of DeepMind, and the potential need for regulation by Congress.
“The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.”
Topics covered
- addictive design
- DeepMind
- technology regulation
- AI
- platforms
- law
Keywords
- addictive design
- DeepMind
- HatGPT
- technology
- regulation
- Congress
- AI
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Congress, DeepMind
Products: HatGPT
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