Microsoft AI chief thinks superintelligence is near, but won't take your job

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Mustafa Suleyman discusses AI advancements, Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI, and the implications of superintelligence.

Today I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. This is a real burner of an episode. We covered everything from his approach to training new models to his criticisms of Anthropic talking about Claude as though it is conscious. Of course, we also talked about Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI, how Mustafa is thinking about all the negative polling and political pushback around AI right now, and whether any of the consumer products are good enough to overcome it. Like I said, it’s a burner. Read the full interview transcript on The Verge. Links: Microsoft and OpenAI broke up — now they’re ready to fight | The Verge Microsoft Build 2026: The 7 biggest announcements | The Verge Microsoft’s first advanced reasoning AI is here | The Verge Microsoft’s new ‘superintelligence’ game plan is all about business | The Verge Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down | The Verge Microsoft AI chief says 18 months until white-collar tasks automated by AI | FT Subscribe to The Verge to access the ad-free version of Decoder! Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Decoder is produced by Kate Cox and Nick Statt and…

People in this episode

Host: Nilay Patel

Guest: Mustafa Suleyman

Topics covered

• AI
• superintelligence
• Microsoft
• OpenAI
• technology
• business
• politics

Keywords

• Microsoft AI
• superintelligence
• Claude
• OpenAI
• Anthropic
• political pushback
• consumer products
• AI models
• automation
• Mustafa Suleyman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, The Verge, Vox Media Podcast Network

Products: Claude

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