This week, an eye-popping $100 billion deal between OpenAI and Nvidia — along with an announcement about the construction of five new American data centers — has us re-examining our predictions of an A.I. bubble. Then, we try to make sense of the Trump administration’s changes to the H-1B visa program, which generated mixed reactions from tech leaders; the immigration expert Jeremy Neufeld joins us to explain why the new $100,000 visa fee is likely to hurt start-ups, universities and the broader U.S. economy. And finally, we take a look at one of the latest trends sweeping TikTok: planning for a biblical Rapture.Guests:<ul><li><a href="https://ifp.org/author/jeremy-neufeld/">Jeremy Neufeld</a>, director of immigration policy at the Institute for Progress</li></ul>Additional Reading:<ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/technology/nvidia-openai-100-billion-investment.html">Nvidia to Invest $100 Billion in OpenAI</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/technology/openai-data-centers-united-states.html">OpenAI to Join Tech Giants in Building 5 New Data Centers in U.S.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/25/business/economy/h1b-visa-fee.html">$100,000 Per Employee: How the H-1B Visa Fee Could Reshape Work Forces</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/technology/trump-h1b-visa-tech-start-ups.html">A $100,000 Per Worker Visa Fee Tips the Balance to Big Tech</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/us/rapture-tiktok-sept-23.html">The Rapture Was Predicted to Happen Today. TikTok Has Some Advice.</a></li></ul>We want to hear from you. Email us at <a href="mailto:hardfork@nytimes.com">hardfork@nytimes.com</a>. Find “Hard Fork” on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hardfork">YouTube </a>and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@hardfork">TikTok.</a>
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