AIster · The agentic age · Books
Karen Hao publishes Empire of AI
A critical history of OpenAI that went on to win a major US book prize
Key facts
- Date
- 20 May 2025
- Era
- The agentic age
- Interest
- Books
- Threads
- Labs & people
- Author
- Karen Hao
- Published
- 20 May 2025, Penguin Press
- Length
- 496 pages
Journalist Karen Hao's Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI was published on 20 May 2025. The book traces OpenAI's history and its costs, and went on to win the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.
Sources
- Penguin Random House, Empire of AI by Karen Hao, 2025-05-20
- National Book Critics Circle, National Book Critics Circle Announces Winners for Publishing Year 2025, 2026-03-26