#rp26 speaker Karen Hao

Why are only a few global companies able to compete in the race around AI and how does this echo imperial endeavours of the past? In her book “Empire of AI- Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI”, the bestselling author and award-winning reporter Karen Hao discusses these questions by tracing the history of OpenAI and simultaneously examining AI’s societal impact. At #rp26, she will share how diverse stories, from Silicon Valley engineers, Kenyan data laborers, to Chilean water activists, shape one of the most influential technologies of our time.

Karen Hao works as a journalist and regularly publishes in The Atlantic and co-created the Pulitzer Center's AI Spotlight Series, a program training thousands of journalists around the world on how to cover AI. She reported for the Wall Street Journal, covering American and Chinese tech companies, and worked as a senior editor for AI at MIT Technology Review. For her coverage, she has received numerous awards.