Empire of AI: Karen Hao, in Conversation with UCLA Professors Safiya U. Noble and Julia Powles

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Date
March 04, 2026,
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm PST
Location
Herb Alpert School of Music, Lani Hall
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Karen Hao

Join award-winning AI reporter Karen Hao, author of the bestselling book Empire of AI, for an in-depth conversation on power, politics, and the future, with leaders in tech justice and policy, UCLA Professors Safiya U. Noble and Julia Powles.

Bio: 

Karen Hao is an award-winning journalist covering the impacts of artificial intelligence on society. She writes for publications including The Atlantic and leads the Pulitzer Center’s AI Spotlight Series, a program training thousands of journalists around the world on how to cover AI. She was formerly a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, covering American and Chinese tech companies, and a senior editor for AI at MIT Technology Review. Her work is regularly taught in universities and cited by governments. She has received numerous accolades for her coverage, including an American Humanist Media Award and American National Magazine Award for Journalists Under 30. She received her Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from MIT.