Karen Hao stands among the world's leading voices examining the artificial intelligence revolution and its profound impact on business, geopolitics and society. An award-winning journalist and internationally bestselling author, she has built her reputation reporting from inside the companies and power structures driving the race for AI. Her landmark book, Empire of AI, has become one of the defining works on artificial intelligence, revealing the extraordinary concentration of technological power behind one of the most significant developments of our time. Through exceptional reporting and fearless investigation, she has become one of today's most influential voices on the future of AI.

Investigating artificial intelligence from the inside has given Karen a perspective few journalists possess. She understands not only how AI is transforming industries, but the political, economic and ethical questions that accompany it. Combining rigorous investigation with compelling storytelling, she helps audiences understand the global race for AI, the decisions shaping its future and the extraordinary opportunities and challenges it presents for governments, businesses and society.