Karen Hao

I'm coming to Berlin next March! Will post details on my tour site next year: empireofai.com/#tour

I now have a free stop in Munich on Oct 23 in addition to my ticketed one Oct 24!

Huge thanks to Sheila Beladinejad, founder of Women in AI, who pulled together the venue & resources to host me.

RSVP: www.amerikahaus.de/ausstellunge....

Check out my latest tour information: empireofai.com/#tour.

Thank you for choosing my book! ☺️

Page One in Cincinnati.

Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much for reviewing Andrew!!

The True Threat of OpenAI Karen Hao’s recent book on the company argues that its ambitions are not merely about scale or the market but the creation of a global force that rivals a colonial power of old.

For @thenation.com: I reviewed @karenhao.bsky.social’s Empire of AI and took a closer look at her argument that OpenAI’s "scaling laws" echo the expansionist ideologies of European empires.
www.thenation.com/article/cult...

I'm obsessed with this

gijn.org ‘Every Reporter has an AI Story to Tell’: Tips from an Award-Winning Journalist on the Risks of AI

💫 NEW! @karenhao.bsky.social, a leading journalist on AI’s impacts and harms, shares insights with GIJN ahead of her session at #GIJC25 in Malaysia.

🔗 More:

Incredible

Sep 4 Sydney, AU Sep 5 Melbourne, AU Sep 11 Santa Clara, CA Sep 11 Berkeley, CA Sep 23 Online Oct 8 Amsterdam, NL Oct 10 New York, NY Oct 11 New York, NY Oct 13 New York, NY Oct 15 Chicago, IL Oct 16 St. Louis, MO Oct 20 Ann Arbor, MI Oct 21 Charlotteville, VA Oct 22 New York, NY Oct 24 Munich, DE Oct 30 San Diego, CA Nov 10 Budapest, HU Dec 6 Bangalore, IN

The EMPIRE OF AI fall tour has new stops!

My site now lists all of my public events through the rest of the year. Some require tickets. Most are free with required registration.

Review the details and reserve your seats here: empireofai.com#tour.

See you soon!

Thank you!!

A graphic over a black photo of Israel bombing Gaza that says, "At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli, army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. #ProtectJournalistsInGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza

At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. We join with more than 150 other media outlets across the world to condemn these crimes.

Read more: interc.pt/3HS71C2

It should be before the end of this year!

I also really appreciate this advice from @emilymbender.bsky.social and @karenhao.bsky.social, which tracks with my own experience teaching high school students and college students and talking with my own kids. Emphasize environmental costs and - once more - that GenAI is *not* inevitable.

Thank you Maniko!!

That’s so kind Caleb, thank you!

TIME100 AI 2025: Karen Hao Find out why Karen Hao made TIME’s list of the most influential people in artificial intelligence

I didn't think a journalist and author could make it to the TIME100 AI list, but this one did. 🥹

What an honor—and lovely writeup from Andrew Chow.

"Hao is fundamentally shaping many people’s perceptions & understanding of the company at the center of the AI revolution."

time.com/collections/...

Photo of page 138 in the book Empire of AI: “Psychologically harmful material accumulates when mass surveillance is the basis for data collection, she said. To fix the problem, we have to return to its root: questioning what is really in the data, questioning the whole premise of its wide-scale indiscriminate seizure.”

Reading about the horrifying case of Adam Raine, a teen who killed himself after prolonged engagement with ChatGPT, I can’t help but think of German artist and filmmaker Hito Steyerl’s wisdom to me a year ago.

She already knew the answer. None of this was inevitable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

Thank you so much Kashmir!! 🙏🙏

Wow that's awesome!

It's festival season! Join me at 1 of 3 festivals over the next 4 days:

Aug 21: Edinburgh Book Festival
Aug 23*: San Diego Book Festival (virtual appearance)
Aug 24*: Open House Festival

A few tickets left for each: empireofai.com/#tour

* with apologies for the date typo on my tour card

Financial Times and Schroders' Longlist Business Book of the Year 2025: Karen Hao, EMPIRE OF AI.

Wow EMPIRE OF AI is on the longlist for @FinancialTimes' best business book of 2025 alongside so many people whose work I admire, including @danwwang, @evadou, @doctorow & others. Such an amazing honor among amazing company 😍

View the list here: businessbook.live.ft.com/page/4834239/the-longlist

I MEAN

Reddit post on r/OpenAI "Andrew Garfield is portraying Sam Altman in the movie Artificial" with a photo of Garfield holding the book Empire of AI.

A close up of Garfield's hand holding the book Empire of AI.

Cover of NYT bestseller Empire of AI

Hollywood Reporter article: "Luca Guadagnino to Direct True-Life OpenAI Movie ‘Artificial’ for Amazon MGM"

Omg Andrew Garfield is reading my book for the OpenAI movie. www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/com...

Send me an email? This could be a longer conversation and would be great to hear your thoughts as well. karendhao.com/contact

I read Babel while I wrote Empire of AI as a spiritual companion to my work 💗 Thank you for picking up on the parallels

I've been trying for months to secure an LA event but scheduling just hasn't been working out ☹️

March 2026!

Do it.