Karen Hao: Empire of AI

About the Speaker Karen Hao is an award-winning technology reporter based in Hong Kong. She has served as a foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and as artificial intelligence editor at MIT Technology Review . She writes regularly for The Atlantic , and she leads the AI Spotlight Series at the Pulitzer Center. Hao’s new book is the NYT bestseller, E mpire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI . Event Details Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026 Time: 6:30 PM Location: John F. Kennedy Theatre, UH Mānoa Dai Ho Chun Distinguished Chair This event is made possible by the late Dai Ho Chun through his estate gift to the University of Hawai‘i Foundation. The Dai Ho Chun endowments support distinguished lectures across disciplines. Karen Hao is the Dai Ho Chun Chair in the College of Social Sciences. Lead Event Sponsor College of Social Sciences at UH Mānoa