Empire of AI 2025 by Karen Hao is an investigative and deeply analytical nonfiction work that examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping global power, economics, and governance. Karen Hao traces the influence of major tech companies and governments—particularly China and the United States—in the race to dominate AI, revealing the geopolitical strategies, ethical compromises, and societal consequences at stake.

Karen Hao presents a compelling narrative grounded in expert interviews, data analysis, and firsthand reporting. In Empire of AI 2025, she explores how algorithmic systems affect everything from surveillance and labor to freedom of expression. The book serves as a powerful critique of unchecked technological growth and a call for more transparent, accountable development in the age of intelligent machines¹.