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“Empire of AI”: Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World
56:16
Democracy Now Video • Jan 1, 2026

“Empire of AI”: Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World

"Empire of AI": Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World
Democracy Now • Jan 1, 2026

"Empire of AI": Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World

In this holiday special, we revisit our interview with longtime technology reporter Karen Hao, author of the new book Empire of AI, which unveils the accruing political and economic power of AI companies — especially Sam Altman’s OpenAI. Her reporting uncovered the exploitation of workers in Kenya, attempts to take massive amounts of freshwater from communities in Chile, along with numerous accounts of the technology’s detrimental impact on the environment. “This is an extraordinary type of AI development that is causing a lot of social, labor and environmental harms,” says Hao, in an extended interview.

New Year, Same A**holes
37:38
I've Had It Podcast • Jan 1, 2026

New Year, Same A**holes

Wake Up, America!
25:24
The Majority Report • Jan 1, 2026

Wake Up, America!

The Trillion Dollar War Machine (w/ William D. Hartung) The Chris Hedges Report
Scheer Post • Jan 1, 2026

The Trillion Dollar War Machine (w/ William D. Hartung) The Chris Hedges Report

Once warned against as a looming danger to democracy, the military-industrial complex has evolved into a vast and entrenched system of power that shapes U.S. policy, budgets, and global conflict. Now far beyond what even its earliest critics imagined, the question is no longer whether it exists, but how far it will go — and […]

Sam Was Right...
10:47
The Majority Report • Jan 1, 2026

Sam Was Right...

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