Chaos at OpenAI: did profit and safety collide?
Did the breaks just fly off the world’s leading AI developers? We look at the debate inside OpenAI and what it means for the possible rapid expansion of a controversial technology.
When ChatGPT was released last year, artificial intelligence was suddenly a reality in our everyday lives. The company, OpenAI, and its CEO, Sam Altman, seemed to be on a meteoric rise.
So why was Sam Altman just fired by a board tasked with keeping AI in check? Steven Levy, Editor at Large for Wired, joins us to talk about the chaos at OpenAI, and who controls the artificial intelligence that could change our world.
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