Karen Hao
Journalist and Author
About
Karen Hao is the NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI and an award-winning reporter covering the impacts of artificial intelligence on society. She writes for publications including The Atlantic and co-created the Pulitzer Center's AI Spotlight Series, a program training thousands of journalists around the world on how to cover AI. She was formerly a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, covering American and Chinese tech companies, and a senior editor for AI at MIT Technology Review. She has received numerous accolades for her coverage, including an American Humanist Media Award, an American National Magazine Award for Journalists Under 30, and a TIME100 AI honor. She received her Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from MIT.
Sessions by Karen Hao (2 sessions)
Opening Keynote: How Silicon Valley is Reshaping the World - via AI
Many of the ways that society could benefit from AI—better education and healthcare, a faster transition to renewables, clean air and clean water—h...
Friction
What do you do when AI tools people use for art also bombs schools in Iran as a side hustle? This is not a hypothetical. AI systems like Claude, Ma...