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El imperio de la IAsecond-hand

by Karen Hao

Published by Península · Economics and business · ISBN 9788411004282

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The journalist Karen Hao began covering OpenAI in 2019, when the company presented itself as a non-profit devoted to safe artificial intelligence. Drawing on more than 250 interviews, the book tells the rise of the company and of Sam Altman, and argues that the AI industry behaves like the empires of the past, taking water, energy, data and poorly paid labour.

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For readers who want to understand the race for artificial intelligence through investigative journalism, with a critical eye on big tech.
Why people still read it
Time described it as a bestseller that caused a stir worldwide, and in Spain El Periódico and El Mundo reviewed it favourably. Shoshana Zuboff also recommended it.

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