Emily Forlini
Senior AI Reporter at Fortune
About Me
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.
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Select Work
An ex-Anthropic researcher claims AI could kill us all by 2030. But he fails to answer the most essential question: What are we supposed to do about it?
Broadcast TV correspondent
Panel moderator, speaker to audiences of 1,000
They Thought They’d Live Here Forever. Then AI Upended the Power Grid
*This article resulted in real change for the main subjects, reversing an eminent domain land seizure.
While OpenAI and Anthropic battle over data privacy, more companies look to open models and ‘sovereign AI’
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 *Broke this story, which made international headlines
Hugging Face goes from a ‘scrappy’ startup named after an emoji to $13 billion Nvidia acquisition
My Background
I pivoted to journalism after being a product manager at Amazon for nearly six years. I had a fulfilling career at Amazon, growing from individual contributor to manager as I oversaw the development of over two dozen tech systems. But I had an intellectual, creative itch that needed to be scratched, and journalism was always in the back of my mind. I changed careers through a Master’s degree at the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, and now I combine my business savvy and narrative chops to cover tech through a unique lens.
Outside of work, I enjoy visiting museums (history major), playing soccer and guitar, getting outside, and exploring new restaurants. I’m located in northern New Jersey outside of NYC, and am in the office in NYC roughly twice a week.
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