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Editor; Co-host Hard Fork at Platformer / Hard Fork.
Tools Casey Newton has publicly discussed or demonstrated using. Curated by Magpie's editorial team from podcasts, posts, and public stacks.
Casey Newton edits Platformer and co-hosts Hard Fork, a weekly tech podcast on the New York Times network. One of the top journalists covering AI; podcast guests name tools constantly.
Newton wrote a personal essay in the New York Times titled 'Vibecoding' about using Claude-powered AI coding tools to ship his own software. He discloses his boyfriend works at Anthropic in the column, but treats the disclosure as part of the editorial transparency rather than an avoidance reason. His Hard Fork episodes review Claude releases as they ship and frame Anthropic's product moves as a central narrative of the AI epoch.
ChatGPT is a recurring subject across Platformer and Hard Fork. Newton covers OpenAI product launches, strategic moves and the cultural impact of ChatGPT in his weekly journalism. His Hard Fork episodes feature OpenAI's product team and competitor analysis as recurring topics.
Newton covers Perplexity in Platformer essays on AI search, including its product evolution and content-licensing controversies. He treats Perplexity as the canonical example for examining how AI search products handle source attribution, journalist relationships and the ethics of training-data sourcing.
Newton has discussed Otter.ai as a meeting-transcription tool in Hard Fork episodes about journalist workflow and AI applications for note-taking. He treats it as one of the canonical examples of AI productivity tools that have crossed from novelty to journalist daily-driver.
Last researched May 10, 2026
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