How today’s AI giants mirror global empires of the past
Journalist Karen Hao traces OpenAI’s rise in her book “Empire of AI,” revealing the complex forces shaping the industry’s most powerful company.
Journalist Karen Hao traces OpenAI’s rise in her book “Empire of AI,” revealing the complex forces shaping the industry’s most powerful company.
Inside the organization’s financial reality if federal funding is stripped, and the battle to protect iconic programming.
When devastating wildfires tore through Los Angeles at the start of 2025, Nonprofit Baby2Baby was on the ground leveraging its deep knowledge of how to respond to natural disasters to help families in need.
For over a decade, Canva has made design and publishing more accessible than ever. Now, the company is wrestling with how to harness AI while staying true to its mission of empowering individual creators.
After wildly successful stints at Google, Taskrabbit, and on prominent boards, Stacy Brown-Philpot decided it was time to start her own venture capital fund.
AI-generated deepfakes are fueling a surge in synthetic revenge porn, and advocates are fighting back with policy, technology, and awareness.
CEO Andrew Yaffe shares how he and the Dude Perfect team are leveraging the Disney playbook to build a vertically-integrated business that spans content, products, events, and maybe someday their own theme park.
MIT Media Lab’s Cynthia Breazeal explores how social robots are designed to connect with humans—and what it means as AI grows more lifelike.
Simon Sinek joins host Reid Hoffman for a lively chat about how to identify good leaders, scale ideas, and leverage the “ultimate hack” for success.
AI’s massive energy demands raise serious environmental concerns, but new approaches are emerging to make AI more sustainable.
Marina Pavlovic Rivas is using AI to close the data gap in women’s hormonal health, a space that has long been understudied and underfunded.
Nazanin Ash shares how her team developed an effective and efficient model of resettling refugees in the U.S., unlocking a nonpartisan, corporate-backed community of 2 million volunteers.