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Big Technology Podcast

Sam Altman Returns to OpenAI. Now What? β€” With Aaron Levie

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Technology, Religion & Spirituality, Business News, Business, Religion, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Politics, News Commentary, Government, Investing, Tech News, Social Sciences, News

4.6 β€’ 395 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Aaron Levie is the CEO of Box. He joins Big Technology Podcast to look forward at the AI field now that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has returned. In this episode, we discuss: 1) Whether this is good for the AI field 2) Should we actually be concerned with Ai safety? 3) Whether the saga is over? 4) How companies are insulating themselves in case of further eruptions 5) The downsides of switching off of OpenAI 6) Does the open source movement rise now? 7) Can OpenAI still lobby effectively with a new board? 8) The EA vs. e/acc fight 9) How Sam let this happen --- You can subscribe to Big Technology Premium for 25% off at https://bit.ly/bigtechnology Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0

Sam Altman is back at OpenAI.

0:03.8

But does that mean everything is right in the Microsoft and Open AI universe?

0:07.6

And what happens next to the AI field?

0:10.3

Aaron Levy joins us to break it all down right after this.

0:14.0

From LinkedIn News, I'm Leah Smart, host of Everyday Better, an award-winning podcast dedicated to personal development.

0:19.8

Join me every week for captivating

0:21.7

stories and research to find more fulfillment in your work and personal life. Listen to Every Day Better

0:26.6

on the LinkedIn Podcast Network, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Big Technology

0:32.6

podcast where we've somehow become a daily show about the travails and the next chapters of the open AI

0:39.2

saga.

0:39.7

Maybe this is the final one.

0:41.2

We're here today with box CEO Aaron Levy, who seems to always be here when things are

0:46.3

going insane in the AI world.

0:48.7

And maybe that's just a function of this industry.

0:51.7

But we definitely have a live one to discuss today.

0:55.6

Aaron, welcome to the show.

0:57.4

Thanks.

0:58.0

Good to be on, and I do like that I get to talk about all the drama with you all the time.

1:03.9

Yeah, we love having you on, and we appreciate you being here in a very hectic moment in the tech world.

1:09.5

Let me start with this.

1:12.1

Is this good for AI?

1:23.8

Yes, it is. Why? I think, and I want to be very clear that anything I'm saying is purely on reading, you know, the outside reports on what's going on. So, so some of this is

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