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My worst fears are that we cause significant, we, the field, the technology, the industry,

caused significant harm to the world. I think that could happen in a lot of different ways.

It's why we started the company. It's a big part of why I'm here today and why we've been here in the past and we've been able to spend some time with you.

That was Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI, speaking to US politicians in May of this year, assuring them that his company was a good steward of artificial intelligence

development. But over the past week, his company has looked anything but stable. It's a fast-moving

story, and since recording this podcast with my US colleagues, Altman has been rehired by OpenAI

following his ousting last weekend. But his return

has done little to silence the questions that are now swirling around him and his company,

as well as the future of AI. Take a listen to this week's Views Room. Welcome back to the Views

at a podcast from Moyiter's Breaking Views,

where columnists from around the world talk about the big stories of the week.

I'm your host, Amy Donlan, coming to you from London.

Silicon Valley is looking like the set of a soap opera.

At the weekend, Open AI CEO Sam Altman was ousted and was quickly scooped up by Microsoft.

But what does the saga say about the future of OpenAI?

Is the company's stratospheric valuation grounded in reality?

And will Altman's new role help Microsoft compete with rivals like Google more effectively?

Here to talk me through this fascinating and

highly complex situation are my two US colleagues, Anita Ramazami, and Rob Siren. Anita, Rob,

you are very welcome. Good to be here, Amy. Yeah, I'm excited to chat. There's a lot going on.

Absolutely. So Anita, if I could start with you, because you have

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