Karen Howe
Journalist and author focused on AI industry reporting, former reporter at The Wall Street Journal and MIT Technology Review, and author of Empire of AI, which examines OpenAI and Sam Altman's role in AI development.
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Mar 25, 2026 • 54min
Why we should 'fight like hell' against Big AI
Karen Howe, investigative journalist and author of Empire of AI, exposes how Big AI concentrates power and harms labor, data, environment and democracy. She traces OpenAI's outsized influence, uncovers hidden moderation labor, and maps parallels between AI firms and empires. The conversation highlights alternatives: smaller task-focused models and community-driven AI projects.
