The AI revolution will have consequences for our democracy. But there's still time to take the power into our own hands.

This week on Lavin Voices, we talk to Lavin Exclusive Speaker Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI and one of the 2025 TIME100 AI. As the first journalist to ever profile OpenAI, Karen is a long-time Silicon Valley insider who has spent years investigating the most consequential tech arms race in history. A passionate, hopeful speaker, Karen shows us how thoroughly AI will alter society, and what role we can all play in shaping AI so that it benefits everyone. “The way we develop technology is now fundamentally broken,” she says. “But I truly believe that we can fix it.”

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In this episode, you'll learn:

• How a handful of tech companies are consolidating unprecedented power—and what this means for us
• Why AI FOMO is driving adoption of technology that doesn't actually improve productivity
• How citizens can stand up for democracy and build an AI future that benefits us all