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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.

The Hugging Face hack is now a PR crisis that’s costing OpenAI millions
Cybersecurity
The Hugging Face hack is now a PR crisis that’s costing OpenAI millions
By Emily ForliniAugust 7, 2026
OpenAI agents passed secret notes for months leading up to Hugging Face hack
AI
OpenAI agents passed secret notes for months leading up to Hugging Face hack
By Emily ForliniAugust 6, 2026
‘Baffling’: White House won’t publicly release AI model evaluation framework it reviewed today with OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and others
‘Baffling’: White House won’t publicly release AI model evaluation framework it reviewed today with OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and others
By Emily ForliniAugust 4, 2026
OpenAI president Greg Brockman: We ‘contort’ ourselves around computers, clicking and typing is a ‘phase’
Newsletters
OpenAI president Greg Brockman: We ‘contort’ ourselves around computers, clicking and typing is a ‘phase’
By Emily ForliniAugust 4, 2026
Exclusive: Former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo discusses her battle with POTS and her startup’s plans to cure it with AI and 3,500 vials of blood (so far)
Features
Exclusive: Former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo discusses her battle with POTS and her startup’s plans to cure it with AI and 3,500 vials of blood (so far)
By Emily ForliniAugust 3, 2026
sam altman looks down while reporters ask questions
Cybersecurity
Hugging Face drops in-depth hack report, while OpenAI gives us 7 bullets. Here’s what we know now, and what remains a mystery
By Emily ForliniJuly 29, 2026
Top AI companies say they want Chinese models to stay available. Is it genuine?
Newsletters
Top AI companies say they want Chinese models to stay available. Is it genuine?
By Emily ForliniJuly 28, 2026
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AI
OpenAI’s first hardware device debuted at $230. Now, it’s on eBay for $1,850
By Emily ForliniJuly 27, 2026
AI executives demand OpenAI release more details about how the Hugging Face hack happened
AI
AI executives demand OpenAI release more details about how the Hugging Face hack happened
By Emily ForliniJuly 24, 2026
Anthropic debuts Claude Opus 5 with feature that lets users toggle between cost and capability
AI
Anthropic debuts Claude Opus 5 with feature that lets users toggle between cost and capability
By Emily ForliniJuly 24, 2026
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AI
OpenAI President says rogue AI attack on Hugging Face ‘is indicative of the times we are in’ as the company continues to investigate incident
By Emily ForliniJuly 24, 2026
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AI
OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Voice so you can have ongoing conversations, ask the AI to complete tasks while hands-free
By Emily ForliniJuly 23, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sits next to U.S. President Donald Trump.
AI
OpenAI’s rogue hacking incident was a warning shot. Will it be a wake-up call to finally create AI safety regulation?
By Jeremy Kahn and Emily ForliniJuly 22, 2026
Sam Altman and Jony Ive formed a dream team to reinvent hardware. Now it’s at the center of a battle for OpenAI’s future
Big Tech
Sam Altman and Jony Ive formed a dream team to reinvent hardware. Now it’s at the center of a battle for OpenAI’s future
By Emily Forlini and Sebastian HerreraJuly 22, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looking up.
Cybersecurity
OpenAI says its AI models secretly broke out of a secure test environment and hacked into AI company Hugging Face in order to cheat on an evaluation
By Jeremy Kahn and Emily ForliniJuly 21, 2026
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