Karen Hao

We are not going to respond to anything, any questions that you receive.

And this was, you know...

This was things that they explicitly articulated.

It wasn't like me inferring.

So I had a colleague at MIT Technology Review that also covered AI.

And at one point opening, I sent him this press release being like, we would love for you to cover this story.

And he was like, I'm really busy.

Will you send it to Karen?

And they were like, oh no, we have a history you understand.

And so for three years, they refused to talk to me.

But then...

I ended up at the Wall Street Journal where if they felt a bit compelled because it was the journal to reopen the lines of communication.

And so I started having, you know, more dialogue with them.

Every time I wrote a piece, I would always send them, here's my request for comment.

I would always ask them, like, will you sit for interviews?

And we did get to a more productive relationship.

And then I embarked on the book.

So I left the journal to focus on the book full time.

And I told them right away, I'm working on this book.

I want to continue this productive conversation where I make sure I reflect OpenAI's perspective in the book.