Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social

NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.

Sam Altman isn't keen on you reading my book. EMPIRE OF AI is based on 300+ interviews, 7 yrs covering AI, and my time as the first reporter who got extensive access to OpenAI. I sought OpenAI's perspective throughout. For months they said it was coming. It never did. Pre-order here: empireofai.com.
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Omg???????

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/books/national-book-critics-circle-awards.html
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Steven Bartlett, host of The Dairy Of A CEO, is a masterful interviewer. He asked probing questions, challenged me through respectful debate & was incredibly generous with giving me the space to go deep on my reporting & analysis.

Pleased to share our conversation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8HBj8QAbk
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I still can't believe this happened. Over 1,200 people in the audience.

@naomiaklein.bsky.social, thank you for bringing me to Vancouver. What a privilege and an honor 💗

Watch a replay of the conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1B__Efqacc

📸: Jan Gates
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To get a dose of that very American American energy, you can listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts: app.magellan.ai/listen_links/theinterface-KH
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The Brits don't know what to do with our new BBC podcast The Interface, @thomasgermain.bsky.social & @nickywoolf.bsky.social.

Lovely shoutout from @observeruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/culture/audio/article/everything-is-fake-does-anybody-care
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Not to toot our own horns but I feel like we packed so much in this one hour panel with @karenhao.bsky.social and John Palfrey.

You can find the recording at www.youtube.com/live/I1tJnM81NCM
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Watch us on YouTube if you're outside the UK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYVHzkq2X7Y

Or anyone can listen wherever you get your podcasts: app.magellan.ai/listen_links/theinterface-KH
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Remember Havana Syndrome? In 2017 US diplomats in Cuba started mysteriously suffering brain damage after hearing a noise.

Many thought it a conspiracy theory. After investigating, @nickywoolf.bsky.social concluded it wasn't.

He was right.

This week on The Interface youtube.com/watch?v=UYVHzkq2X7Y
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So excited to join the board of this phenomenal organization. AI Now has played a defining role in shaping how I understand my work as a journalist: to hold the AI industry accountable and radically reimagine how this technology could distribute, rather than consolidate, power.
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Incredible reporting from @anissa.bsky.social in @theinformation.com about OpenAI's struggle to get more computing power as Stargate—its $500B data center buildout—has floundered.

theinformation.com/articles/inside-openais-scramble-get-computing-power-stargate-stalled

It also includes this detail. We are in the dirt-eating phase of the AI hype cycle.
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Ben's response on his Substack: bengoertzel.substack.com/p/goertzel-vs-epstein
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And for those of you outside the UK, watch us on YouTube. youtu.be/_fUzhlLJ5hY?si=oni2hpm68EVWbUND
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My co-host Thomas Germain on our BBC podcast The Interface hacked ChatGPT in 24 hours.

The story is hilarious! And deeply concerning.

We also discuss the massive data center expansion around the world and the secret Starlink deployment to Iran.

Catch Ep 2 here:
app.magellan.ai/listen_links/theinterface-KH
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Goertzel invites Epstein to "small invitation-only event" to discuss AI/blockchain after Miami Herald investigation.
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Goertzel discusses with Epstein future scenario for "an AGI economy":

"for the AGI parasite to overcome to regular-human-economy host (so it can grow to be more than a parasite and eventually gain its own superhuman autonomy) it first needs to suck off the resources of the host"
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Goertzel wishes Epstein happy birthday with request for more money.

"Now if you want to have 100000 more birthdays you should fund my AI project so we can create a thinking machine that will solve the problem of mortality!!! ;-D"
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Geortzel asks for more after Epstein is out of prison. Epstein says he will send another 50k

Goertzel to Epstein: "You won't regret it ;) The AI we build will thank you one day!"
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Some notable exchanges:

Goertzel requests funding from Epstein while Epstein is in prison. Epstein directs 5k to be sent to the Singularity Institute.
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Ben Goertzel, popularizer of the term AGI and creator of the Sophia robot, congratulating Jeffrey Epstein the day after Epstein was released from prison.

Goertzel is mentioned in the files nearly 800 times, including well after the Miami Herald investigation in 2018.
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I am so excited too!! Noami Klein is my hero. I will be fangirling hard.
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And if you're outside the UK, you can watch us on YouTube too!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn_WAvUd5ws
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Episode 1 is OUT!! 🥳 🙌

This week on The Interface, we discuss:
* That insane Superbowl ad for Ring
* The US TikTok takeover
* And the beef that launched ChatGPT

Listen wherever you get your podcasts: app.magellan.ai/listen_links/theinterface-KH
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I could not have imagined a better partner to capture this book in its entirety – not just the words and their literal meaning, but its spirit and mission.

Korean readers can order the book here 💗
product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S000219211625
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Fast forward to March of 2025, I was readying the launch of the English edition when Boyoung asked me if I had a Korean version in the works. I did not. She once again became my advocate, translating a sample of the book and pitching it to Korean publishers.
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In 2021, Boyoung was working at the @pulitzercenter.org when I applied for a grant to work on a series called “AI Colonialism.” Little did I know that the series would form the thesis of my book – and the inspiration for its title. www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/ai-colonialism-supertopic/
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The Korean edition of EMPIRE OF AI is out — and this one is really special. 🥹

It was translated by my dear friend Boyoung Lim, who played a crucial role in making my book possible in the first place.

product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S000219211625
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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