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Mentioned in 31 episodes
Empire of AI
Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI
Book • 2025
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Mentioned in 31 episodes
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as the book written by tech reporter Karen Hao.

Andy Mills

300 snips
EP 2: The Signal
Mentioned by Speaker 0 when discussing conversations for the series.

300 snips
EP 3: Playing the Wrong Game
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as the source of 

's insights on Elon Musk's concerns about Demis Hassabis.

Andy Mills


Karen Hao

247 snips
EP 4: Speedrun
Mentioned by 

as the book he and Seb Bunny read to discuss OpenAI and Sam Altman.


Preston Pysh

159 snips
TECH004: Sam Altman & the Rise of OpenAI w/ Seb Bunney
Mentioned by 

as the next book to be reviewed, focusing on OpenAI and Sam Altman.


Preston Pysh

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TECH002: Jensen Huang & NVIDIA w/ Seb Bunney - Review of The Thinking Machine by Stephen Witt
Mentioned by 

as the book authored by 

on the topic of AI.


Fareed Zakaria


Karen Hao

81 snips
What Mamdani’s Success Reveals About the Democrats
Mentioned by 

as a new book exploring the behavior of AI companies as modern empires.


Hasan Minhaj

68 snips
Will AI Take My Job? with Karen Hao
Mentioned by 

when discussing AI and its ethical implications.


Adam Becker

53 snips
Radio Better Offline: Adam Becker
Mentioned by 

, referring to an interview with the author, highlighting the focus on scale within AI companies.


Leo Laporte
48 snips
TWiT 1049: Gas Station Lafufu - Apple's Pumpkin Spice Orange & Influencer Era
Erwähnt von 

als 

s Buch über OpenAI, Macht und Einfluss in der KI-Industrie.


Larissa Holzki


Karen Hao

41 snips
Tech-Journalistin Karen Hao: „OpenAI war nie ein idealistisches Projekt“
Wspomniana przez Tomka Onyszko, który zaczął ją czytać po rekomendacji Łukasza; mówi, że jest “krępa”.

40 snips
Brew #51: Co pokazało Apple? Meta - Powrót Metaverse. Opłaty wizowe w USA. Oracle Czarnym Koniem AI.
Mentioned as a bestseller that tells the inside story of what happened and what might happen at OpenAI.
39 snips
IM 835: Glitch Lord - Inside OpenAI's Secret Struggles and the "Empire of AI" With Karen Hao
Mentioned by ![undefined]()

, referring to Karen Hao's book about Sam Altman and OpenAI.

Andy Cotgreave

34 snips
storytelling with data podcast: #91 Dashboards that Deliver with Andy Cotgreave
Mentioned by 

, announcing Karen Hao’s upcoming interview about it on the show.


Leo Laporte
29 snips
TWiT 1046: Shrimpspiracy - Musk Trolls Microsoft With Macrohard
Mentioned by 

as 

's new book about the dreams and nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI.


Al Letson


Karen Hao

29 snips
The Race to Stop AI’s Threats to Democracy
Mentioned as the new book by 

, focusing on dreams, nightmares, and Sam Altman's OpenAI.


Karen Hao

28 snips
Karen Hao on the making of a $90B AI empire
Mentioned as the author of a book and will be interviewed about it in the next episode.
26 snips
IM 834: Gewgaw - Google's Nano Banana Model
Mentioned by 

as a real indictment, but also a fascinating history of Open AI.


Leo Laporte
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MBW 987: As Gruber as It Gets - Save the Date: September 9th!
Mentioned by 

as really a scathing indictment of open AI and its practices.


Leo Laporte
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WW 947: Hallucinated Clown Shoes - Microsoft v. protesters, round 3. Or 4. Or something
Mentioned by ![undefined]()

as an important book discussing Sam Altman, Open AI and exploitation of labor.

Raffaele Coriglione

17 snips
21/08 - AI: bolla o non bolla? | Black Box Chat


