Empire of AI Empire of AI Karen Hao

Empire of AI

Inside Sam Altman's OpenAI – The Promise and Peril

by Karen Hao

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About This Book

The Rise of AI (2025) tracks OpenAI's transformation from mission-driven nonprofit into a $157 billion tech giant. The book reveals the internal conflicts, human costs, and private deals that drove the race to create ChatGPT. Moving past the marketing narratives, this account exposes the actual forces controlling the technology that may well shape your tomorrow.

Who Should Read This?

  • ChatGPT users who want to know the technology’s origin story
  • People worried about the moral price tags attached to emerging tech
  • Silicon Valley followers drawn to stories about corporate power struggles

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