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04 | If you control AI, you control the world

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman gives a thumbs-up as he departs an AI forum in Washington DC, September 2023.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

AI is often portrayed as being all about technology. But it is also about money and control. Because those who control AI, may control the world.

In the AI world, there are two names that keep coming up: OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and its CEO, Sam Altman.

Who is Sam Altman? How did his tiny company leapfrog the tech giants and win the scramble for control of AI? And what are Altman's plans for the future?

Guests:

Rewon Child, researcher at Inflection AI, formerly with OpenAI

Jeremy Howard, Australian entrepreneur and deep learning researcher who contributed to the development of large language models

Margaret O'Mara, historian of Silicon Valley and professor at the University of Washington

Richard Mathenge, founder of the first union for content moderators in Africa

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