Journalist Kevin Roose and colleague Casey Newton left The New York Times and launched a new tech podcast, Machine Gods. According to The Verge AI, the project started last week.
Roose previously worked for many years as a reporter at The New York Times and was the host of the popular podcast Hard Fork. He also became the author of the new book The AGI Chronicles, about recent changes in the artificial intelligence industry.
This story is notable as a personnel and media reshuffle around the tech agenda. However, the available material is only the publisher's metadata summary: it does not include details about the reasons for departure, the project team, or the results of the launch of Machine Gods.
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Likely consequence is the strengthening of an independent tech media presence around Roose and Newton. The next observable signal will be publication of new episodes and details about the project's format. Substantial uncertainty remains: the source does not report reasons for departure or plans for Machine Gods.