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Mentioned in 50 episodes

Empire of AI

Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI

Book • 2025

Mentioned by

Fabrício Carraro

Kendra Pierre-Lewis

Mentioned in 50 episodes

Mentioned by Speaker 0 when discussing conversations for the series.

EP 3: Playing the Wrong Game

Mentioned by

Andy Mills

as the source of

Karen Hao

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

Mentioned by

Andy Mills

as the book written by tech reporter Karen Hao.

EP 2: The Signal

Mentioned by

Mike Kaput

regarding a formal correction issued by the author about the water footprint of AI data centers.

#188: AI Trends for 2026, Google DeepMind AI Predictions, Gemini 3 Flash, AI World Models & Are AI Job Losses Overblown?

Mentioned by

Paul Roetzer

, noting that if you read Karen Hao's book, you probably get the gist of Ilya Sutskever's deposition.

#179: OpenAI Government “Backstop” Controversy, Microsoft Humanist Superintelligence, Google’s Future of Learning, AI Driving Layoffs & Coca-Cola AI Ad Backlash

Mentioned by

Preston Pysh

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

TECH004: Sam Altman & the Rise of OpenAI w/ Seb Bunney

Mentioned by

Fareed Zakaria

as the book authored by

Karen Hao

on the topic of AI.

What Mamdani’s Success Reveals About the Democrats

Mentioned by

Preston Pysh

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

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

Mentioned by

Hasan Minhaj

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

Will AI Take My Job? with Karen Hao

Mentioned when discussing a factual error regarding water usage in data centers.

Cloudflare Outage, iMessages in Gemini 3, 𝕏 Reactions to Gemini 3 | Diet TBPN

Mentioned by

Shane Murray

as a book he is currently reading, highlighting Karen Hao's behind-the-scenes perspective on OpenAI.

#329 Building Trust in AI Agents with Shane Murray, Senior Vice President of Digital Platform Analytics at Versant Media

Mentioned by

Ketan Joshi

referencing Karen Howe's book on AI when discussing the differences between AI technologies.

Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy w/ Ketan Joshi

Mentioned by

Adam Becker

when discussing AI and its ethical implications.

Radio Better Offline: Adam Becker

Mentioned by

John Coogan

, discussing a controversy over factual inaccuracies in a new book about OpenAI.

Gemini 3 Launch, Big Tech Backs Anthropic, OpenAI Adds Fidji Simo | Jonathan Neman, Mike Knoop, Ashlee Vance, Jeremy Epling, Keone Hon, Stephen Balaban

Mentioned by

Grace Blakely

as a really good, journalistic, and super easy to read book that she keeps coming back to.

Curtain Call: All Stars Return to Talk Financial Independence, Fear, and Growth

Erwähnt von

Larissa Holzki

als

Karen Hao

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

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”.

Brew #51: Co pokazało Apple? Meta - Powrót Metaverse. Opłaty wizowe w USA. Oracle Czarnym Koniem AI.

Mentioned by Austin Howard as a story that explains why Anthropic exists.

Subnet Session with Aurelius: Subnet 37

Recomendado por

Fabrício Carraro

por contar sobre o golpe do Sam Altman.

201: Tudo sobre o Gemini 3 e Nano Banana Pro

Mentioned by

Kendra Pierre-Lewis

as a recent book by

Karen Hao

, focusing on the impact and implications of AI.

Karen Hao on Why AI Is Reshaping Society

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