Julie Samuels shares her journey from a journalism major to a prominent figure in the tech advocacy space, detailing her experiences at NCSA, her work with EFF, and her role in founding Tech NYC. She discusses the evolution of the internet, the cultural differences between Silicon Valley and New York City, and the importance of community engagement in shapin ... Show More
May 2025
Decolonizing the Future: Karen Hao on Resisting the Empire of AI
In his New York Times review of the book, Columbia Law School professor and former White House official Tim Wu calls journalist Karen Hao’s new book, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI, “a corrective to tech journalism that rarely leaves Silicon Valley.” H ... Show More
44m 32s
Mar 2025
Part 2: Technology, Democracy, and Power—Journalism’s Role in a Time of Crisis
On Tuesday, March 25th, Tech Policy Press hosted a webinar discussion to talk shop with others on the tech and democracy beat. We gathered seven colleagues from around the world to explore how tech journalists are grappling with the current political moment in the United States a ... Show More
36m 54s
Jul 2025
How today’s AI giants mirror global empires of the past, with journalist Karen Hao
<p>In her New York Times bestseller “Empire of AI,” journalist Karen Hao traces the rise of an intriguing and controversial tech giant: OpenAI. In years spent chronicling the company, she came to a theory of how OpenAI’s operating model mimics imperialist empires of the past – an ... Show More
38m 16s
Feb 2025
Exposing the Dark Side and Hidden Threats of Technology with Laurie Segall, the Investigative Tech Journalist
On the SUPERWOMEN podcast, I’m sitting down with Laurie Segall, the founder of Mostly Human Media and a former senior technology correspondent and editor-at-large at CNN. Throughout her award-winning career, Laurie has investigated the dangers of technology, and has interviewed s ... Show More
46m 26s
Mar 2025
AI, Social Shopping, and the Future of Media | GaryVee Q&A with New York Post
<p>I sat down with <strong>Lydia Moynihan from the New York Post</strong> to dive into some of the biggest shifts happening in business, media, and technology. We get into <strong>the explosion of social shopping</strong>, how <strong>AI is changing the content game</strong>, and ... Show More
48m 1s