She Exposes What Ai Tech Giants Are Building Behind Closed Doors

From Vast Catalyst: Investigative journalist Karen Hao spent years going inside OpenAI — 250+ interviews, 90+ current or former employees — to understand what’s really driving the AI industry. In this conversation with Steven Bartlett, she argues today’s AI companies function less like startups and more like empires: extracting resources, exploiting labor, and controlling the narrative around their own technology.