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Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI

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A broadsweeping analysis of the state of AI, zeroing in on OpenAI and the lasting and dubious impact it's having on the world. With precision and grit, this is a work of exhaustive detail that's essential reading for anyone abutting the advent of AI.

A New York Times Notable Book • Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • A New York Times Bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by Smithsonian, Scientific American, and Elle • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, NYPL Helen Bernstein Award, Whiting Award, Nautilus Book Award, and Porchlight Business Book Award

“A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not just in Silicon Valley but around the world . . . With Empire of AI, Hao is fundamentally shapin...

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