Parmy Olson
Technology journalist and author
Parmy Olson is a technology journalist and author. In 2024 the Financial Times chose her book Supremacy as its business book of the year.
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About Parmy Olson
Parmy Olson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist who writes about technology, with a focus on regulation, artificial intelligence (AI) and social media. She previously reported for the Wall Street Journal and Forbes. At Forbes she wrote about the subprime mortgage crisis early on, served as London bureau chief from 2008 to 2012, and then moved to the San Francisco office. She became known for her coverage of the hacktivist movement Anonymous, and she wrote the book We Are Anonymous. Her reporting on Facebook's $19 billion purchase of WhatsApp led to two Forbes cover stories. Supremacy is her book about AI and ChatGPT, and it earned the Financial Times prize for business book of the year in 2024.