LISTEN: Why we should 'fight like hell' against Big AI
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2026 8:45 amLISTEN: Why we should 'fight like hell' against Big AI
QUOTE: "AI giants act like empires not businesses, says tech journalist Karen Hao"
"OpenAI is the giant company behind ChatGPT. Tech journalist Karen Hao investigated OpenAI for her book, Empire of AI. (Shoko Takayasu/Penguin Random House)
Empire of AI: - Tech journalist Karen Hao - *This episode originally aired on March 25, 2026.
CBC Radio · July 31, 2026 - 54 Minutes
EXCERPT: "Karen Hao is a tech journalist who once worked in Silicon Valley as an engineer.
Now she is an outspoken critic of its AI giants and their global race to create an artificial general intelligence, and “scale at all costs.” She says they have built a worldwide system of power that absorbs data and intellectual property, tramples on human rights, and comes at huge environmental costs.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/karen-ha ... -9.7142134 ]
QUOTE: "AI giants act like empires not businesses, says tech journalist Karen Hao"
"OpenAI is the giant company behind ChatGPT. Tech journalist Karen Hao investigated OpenAI for her book, Empire of AI. (Shoko Takayasu/Penguin Random House)
Empire of AI: - Tech journalist Karen Hao - *This episode originally aired on March 25, 2026.
CBC Radio · July 31, 2026 - 54 Minutes
EXCERPT: "Karen Hao is a tech journalist who once worked in Silicon Valley as an engineer.
Now she is an outspoken critic of its AI giants and their global race to create an artificial general intelligence, and “scale at all costs.” She says they have built a worldwide system of power that absorbs data and intellectual property, tramples on human rights, and comes at huge environmental costs.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/karen-ha ... -9.7142134 ]