It was such a joy and privilege to launch the first foreign language edition of EMPIRE OF AI in Hungary 🇭🇺 this week. A new milestone 🥹

Thank you to my Hungarian publisher HVG for making it such a memorable experience.

12 more foreign language editions underway. Next up: Español! 🥳

EMPIRE OF AI has been shortlisted for the Foyles Book of the Year 😍

Really loved popping by their gorgeous London flagship bookstore earlier this year, so this is a special delight!

Check out the rest of the list here: foyles.co.uk/highlights/f...

EMPIRE OF AI is one of Barnes & Noble's Best Books of 2025 in the Science and Technology category. 🥹

Some of my favorite childhood memories were formed at my local B&N, so this feels particularly special. Thanks B&N ❤️

Check out the full list here: www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/categor...

I had so much fun going on Dutch late night last week during my brief stopover in Amsterdam!

Thank you to the amazing host Arjen Lubach, and his wonderful team & audience, for making me feel so welcome.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxq4...

The EMPIRE OF AI fall tour has new stops!

My site now lists all of my public events through the rest of the year. Some require tickets. Most are free with required registration.

Review the details and reserve your seats here: empireofai.com#tour.

See you soon!

Reading about the horrifying case of Adam Raine, a teen who killed himself after prolonged engagement with ChatGPT, I can’t help but think of German artist and filmmaker Hito Steyerl’s wisdom to me a year ago.

She already knew the answer. None of this was inevitable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

Wow EMPIRE OF AI is on the longlist for @FinancialTimes' best business book of 2025 alongside so many people whose work I admire, including @danwwang, @evadou, @doctorow & others. Such an amazing honor among amazing company 😍

View the list here: businessbook.live.ft.com/page/4834239/the-longlist

Omg Andrew Garfield is reading my book for the OpenAI movie. www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/com...

I'm headed back on tour for my book EMPIRE OF AI! Starting next week, I'll be on the road again with stops in the US, UK, Europe & Asia. Here are my upcoming events open to the public, with more to come. Event details & ticket reservations at empireofai.com/#tour.

We are continuing to add online and in-person events to the EMPIRE OF AI book tour! Here’s the latest schedule.

Tonight’s event in SF is sold out, but I will be doing two more events in the Bay Area at Stanford tomorrow.

Event details & tickets at empireofai.com/#tour.

I fell in love with @hasanminhaj.com's comedy right around when I first entered journalism, wondering if I'd make it in this industry. If you had told me then that almost a decade later, I would write a book and he would invite me on his show to talk about it, I would've asked what you were smoking.

EMPIRE OF AI comes out TOMORROW, as in, literally in a few hours. (!!!) And @penguinpress.bsky.social did a gorgeous photoshoot of my book being enjoyed and looking so cozy on the couch. This could be you. That could be your couch. Manifest your destiny here: empireofai.com.

I'm going on tour! I'm so excited to meet you all. Here's where I'll be for spring. Details at empireofai.com/#tour.

I'll be adding more events through the year. Help me choose where to go: Snap a photo of your book when you get it and tag me + #empireofai with a location.

Today through Apr 25, Barnes & Noble members can pre-order my book EMPIRE OF AI and all forthcoming titles (in all formats) for 25% off!

If you’re planning to buy a book, consider pre-ordering. It makes a difference in building momentum. 😍 #BNPreorder www.barnesandnoble.com/w/empire-of-...

In honor of the UK cover reveal of EMPIRE OF AI, I have a confession: When thinking about how to structure my book, I drew heavy inspiration from the Netflix series The Crown. 1/

(Out May 20, pre-order here: empireofai.com.)

Sam Altman isn't keen on you reading my book. EMPIRE OF AI is based on 300+ interviews, 7 yrs covering AI, and my time as the first reporter who got extensive access to OpenAI. I sought OpenAI's perspective throughout. For months they said it was coming. It never did. Pre-order here: empireofai.com.

Some news many years in the making: My book EMPIRE OF AI, out May 20, is ready for pre-order at empireofai.com. It tells the inside story of OpenAI as a lens for understanding the moment we’re in: the tech elite's extraordinary seizure of power and its threat to democracy. 1/

Just one example: A day after the inauguration, Secretary Marco Rubio sent an email to the State Department outlining its new priorities. He included the text below, accusing workers of censoring Americans while dictating the new "truth." A State employee described this as “Orwellian.” 3/