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Karen Hao on OpenAI and the Global AI Race
Award-winning journalist Karen Hao explores the hidden costs and global impact of the AI revolution in her new book Empire of AI. Drawing on perspectives from Silicon Valley, Kenya, and Chile, she examines the power structures behind AI development and asks how Europe can shape a more ethical digital future.
Speaker:
Karen Hao is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist covering artificial intelligence. Formerly a reporter at The Wall Street Journal and senior AI editor at MIT Technology Review, she co-hosts the BBC podcast The Interface. Hao co-created the Pulitzer Center’s AI Spotlight Series and writes for publications including The Atlantic.
Discussant:
Anita Gohdes is a SCRIPTS Cluster Professor and Professor of International and Cyber Security at the Hertie School in Berlin. She is the author of Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State Violence.
Introduction and Moderation:
Martin Hullin, Director of the Network for Technological Resilience and Sovereignty, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Rachel Tausendfreund, Senior Research Fellow USA/Transatlantic Relations, DGAP
Highlights:
00:00 Welcome (Tausendfreund)
01:02 Introduction (Hullin)
02:39 Discussion
43:50 Q&A
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