

#1166
Mentioned in 23 episodes
Empire of AI
Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI
Book • 2025
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Mentioned in 23 episodes
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as the book written by tech reporter Karen Hao.

Andy Mills

153 snips
EP 2: The Signal
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as the next book to be reviewed, focusing on OpenAI and Sam Altman.


Preston Pysh

86 snips
TECH002: Jensen Huang & NVIDIA w/ Seb Bunney - Review of The Thinking Machine by Stephen Witt
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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
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when discussing AI and its ethical implications.


Adam Becker

53 snips
Radio Better Offline: Adam Becker
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as the book he and Seb Bunny read to discuss OpenAI and Sam Altman.

Preston Pysh

45 snips
TECH004: Sam Altman & the Rise of OpenAI w/ Seb Bunney
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
Wspomniana przez Tomka Onyszko, który zaczął ją czytać po rekomendacji Łukasza; mówi, że jest “krępa”.

32 snips
Brew #51: Co pokazało Apple? Meta - Powrót Metaverse. Opłaty wizowe w USA. Oracle Czarnym Koniem AI.
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, referring to an interview with the author, highlighting the focus on scale within AI companies.


Leo Laporte

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

als 

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


Larissa Holzki


Karen Hao

23 snips
Tech-Journalistin Karen Hao: „OpenAI war nie ein idealistisches Projekt“
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as a real indictment, but also a fascinating history of Open AI.


Leo Laporte

20 snips
MBW 987: As Gruber as It Gets - Save the Date: September 9th!
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as really a scathing indictment of open AI and its practices.


Leo Laporte

19 snips
WW 947: Hallucinated Clown Shoes - Microsoft v. protesters, round 3. Or 4. Or something
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, referring to Karen Hao's book about Sam Altman and OpenAI.

Andy Cotgreave

18 snips
storytelling with data podcast: #91 Dashboards that Deliver with Andy Cotgreave
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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
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when talking about how OpenAI supplemented Common Crawl with other sources.


Jeff Jarvis

17 snips
IM 833: The Most Popular S3 Bucket Ever - AI Slop, Clankers, and Shrimp
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, announcing Karen Hao’s upcoming interview about it on the show.


Leo Laporte

17 snips
TWiT 1046: Shrimpspiracy - Musk Trolls Microsoft With Macrohard
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, introducing Karen Hao, who discusses AI's implications.

Shona McCallum

14 snips
What happens when you lose your social media?

Becca Platsky

13 snips
Sam Altman & Open AI Part 2: King D*ck of Liar Mountain
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i forbindelse med en anekdote om oprindelsen af begrebet kunstig intelligens.

Astrid Haug

13 snips
AI-kollegaer? Sprog, tillid og AI-washing – med Astrid Haug, Viskvinde