Money Talks: Play it again, Sam Altman

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent upheaval at OpenAI involving Sam Altman and its implications for the AI industry.

In five days OpenAI’s boss was fired by its board; hired by Microsoft, the startup’s biggest investor; and returned to his post at OpenAI. Yet things cannot be as they were: the shuffle will have consequences for the darling of the artificial-intelligence community and for the industry as a whole. Hosts: Tom Lee-Devlin, Alice Fulwood and Mike Bird. Guests: Benedict Evans, a technology analyst and former venture capitalist, and The Economist ’s Arjun Ramani and Ludwig Siegele. Sign up for a free trial of Economist Podcasts+. If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you’ll have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom Lee-Devlin, Alice Fulwood, Mike Bird

Guests: Benedict Evans, Arjun Ramani, Ludwig Siegele

Topics covered

• OpenAI
• Sam Altman
• Microsoft
• artificial intelligence
• technology industry
• corporate governance

Keywords

• OpenAI
• Sam Altman
• Microsoft
• artificial intelligence
• technology
• corporate changes
• venture capital

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Microsoft

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