Over the last few years, artificial intelligence tools have revolutionized the way many people work and learn. But industry critic Karen Hao, author of ‘Empire of AI’, argues the choices AI companies make about scale, power and profit deserve far more scrutiny. In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Hao explains her “empire” analogy and why she hopes the industry adopts higher standards as more initial public offerings draw near. Contact The Mishal Husain Show mishalshow@bloomberg.net Other episodes of The Mishal Husain Show you might like: Mustafa Suleyman, CEO Microsoft AI on superintelligence and the ‘broligarchy’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUEKVoeeRoA Meredith Whittaker, Signal Foundation President, on privacy in the digital age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC4Spp6Swxc&list=PLe4PRejZgr0Ns_wjGlmjlPz0cded0nTYS&index=6 Fei-Fei Li on the responsibility she feels as the so-called ‘Godmother of AI’:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2yzX6Gch40 Read Mishal’s notes and find out more about why she asked certain questions and what she read before and after her interviews. Visit: https://www.bloomberg.com/mishal 00:00 Introduction from Mishal Husain 03:37 AI companies as empires 07:49 Countries “offer themselves up for sale” 10:24 Companies that are more powerful than governments 17:11 Getting to know OpenAI 18:49 Are there any good guys? 22:42 US and China 25:43 Finding a mission in Silicon Valley 29:56 Feeling liberated without AI Watch Bloomberg Vodcasts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0MS0Tqk_zQl1LVVTdWuH2Di Subscribe to Bloomberg Podcasts: https://bit.ly/BloombergPodcasts Visit us: https://www.bloomberg.com/podcasts Visit our other YouTube channels: Bloomberg Television: https://www.youtube.com/@markets Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/bloomberg For coverage on news, markets and more: http://www.bloomberg.com/video