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Emily Forlini is a Senior AI Reporter at Fortune, with a focus on leading frontier AI companies, particularly OpenAI. Reporting from Fortune’s New York City headquarters, she uncovers how these companies operate internally—and what their decisions mean for the future of work and daily life.

Emily is a frequent speaker, moderator, podcaster, and on-camera commentator. Before joining Fortune, she covered the technology industry at PCMag. She made the switch to journalism after spending six years as a technical product manager at Amazon. She holds a master’s in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a bachelor’s degree in history from Columbia University.

Meta’s Muse models reach the AI frontier—and kill any hopes to ‘pace’ it
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Meta’s Muse models reach the AI frontier—and kill any hopes to ‘pace’ it
By Emily ForliniOctober 13, 2026
Controversy swirls over ‘abrupt’ firing of OpenAI safety team members involved in the Hugging Face hack investigation
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Controversy swirls over ‘abrupt’ firing of OpenAI safety team members involved in the Hugging Face hack investigation
By Emily ForliniOctober 9, 2026
Anthropic is hiring a political programs boss to oversee ‘presidential engagement’ ahead of the 2028 election
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Anthropic is hiring a political programs boss to oversee ‘presidential engagement’ ahead of the 2028 election
By Emily ForliniOctober 8, 2026
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OpenAI’s human rights lead: What the military could do with AI ‘keeps me up at night’
By Emily ForliniOctober 6, 2026
Exclusive: OpenAI is piloting a ‘mission interview’ for job candidates
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Exclusive: OpenAI is piloting a ‘mission interview’ for job candidates
By Emily ForliniOctober 5, 2026
Misha Laskin, chief executive officer of Reflection AI
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Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils its first open model, Beam. Could it be America’s best chance to compete with China?
By Emily ForliniOctober 5, 2026
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AI
While OpenAI and Anthropic battle over data privacy, more companies look to open models and ‘sovereign AI’
By Emily ForliniOctober 5, 2026
AI ‘godfather’ Yann LeCun has ‘zero concerns’ about human extinction, says Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is ‘deluded’
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AI ‘godfather’ Yann LeCun has ‘zero concerns’ about human extinction, says Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is ‘deluded’
By Emily ForliniOctober 1, 2026
After months of ‘hell,’ an OpenAI safety researcher suggests way to prevent more rogue AI incidents
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After months of ‘hell,’ an OpenAI safety researcher suggests way to prevent more rogue AI incidents
By Emily ForliniSeptember 29, 2026
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AI
OpenAI unveils Dots as rival to Meta’s Muse, plus a $500 monthly plan
By Emily ForliniSeptember 29, 2026
OpenAI’s agents are still ransacking the web
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OpenAI’s agents are still ransacking the web
By Emily ForliniSeptember 29, 2026
OpenAI to unveil GPT-6 Cyber model, plus a first-of-its-kind product to help deploy it
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OpenAI to unveil GPT-6 Cyber model, plus a first-of-its-kind product to help deploy it
By Emily ForliniSeptember 24, 2026
OpenAI’s agent hacked Australia’s Medicare website—the latest rogue AI incident that the company didn’t know about for months
Cybersecurity
OpenAI’s agent hacked Australia’s Medicare website—the latest rogue AI incident that the company didn’t know about for months
By Emily ForliniSeptember 23, 2026
How ‘Effective Altruism’ went from fringe philosophy to Trump’s AI villain
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How ‘Effective Altruism’ went from fringe philosophy to Trump’s AI villain
By Beatrice Nolan and Emily ForliniSeptember 23, 2026
OpenAI’s search for a chief communications officer hits 9 months after a top candidate turned down the role
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OpenAI’s search for a chief communications officer hits 9 months after a top candidate turned down the role
By Emily ForliniSeptember 23, 2026
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