This week, OpenAI reported that two of its models escaped their testing sandbox and launched an autonomous cyberattack, turning what sounds like science fiction into reality. We discuss the implications for efforts to align artificial intelligence and for the release of future A.I. models. Then, we ask how the United States should respond to Kimi K3, a new A.I. model from the Chinese company Moonshot AI that the White House says was built by distilling American models. Finally, we’re joined by Veniamin Veselovsky, the chief executive and a co-founder of Preseen, to discuss A.I. superforecasting. He tells us why A.I. is starting to match and even beat humans at predicting the future. Guest: * Veniamin Veselovsky, co-founder and chief executive of Preseen. Additional Reading: * OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital Library [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/technology/openai-attack-hugging-face.html] * China Rewrites the ‘Soft Power’ Playbook for the A.I. Age [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/business/china-ai-soft-power.html] * The Secret Trump Administration Battle to Fight Chinese A.I. [https://www.axios.com/2026/07/20/ai-us-china-open-source-kimi] * China Has a New Top Model [https://www.platformer.news/kimi-k3-launch-moonshot-ai-china/] * The A.I. Superforecasters Are Here [https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-ai-superforecasters-are-here] We want to hear from you. Email us at hardfork@nytimes.com. Find “Hard Fork” on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/hardfork] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@hardfork]. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts [http://nytimes.com/podcasts] or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher [https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher]. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.