… In fact, it was so unsuccessful that when unnamed White House officials recently attempted to pressure certain red states into dropping pending AI legislation, claiming that they were going against Trump’s agenda, four GOP state lawmakers spoke on the record to The Wall Street Journal instead. …
… And OpenAI, like all AI labs, is a money furnace. Recently, OpenAI projected that it will spend $665 billion by 2030 — $111 billion more in cash burn than it previously predicted. …
… 844 In November 2018, Musk writes in an email to Gabe Newell, co-founder of video game developer Valve, that his involvement in OpenAI is “very limited at this point.” “I still provide some financial support and get verbal and email updates every few weeks from Sam Altman, but don’t spend time ther… …
… And then we had a financial analysis that showed that money was gone very, very quickly. , tThey had spent it, because AI is expensive. …
… You mentioned the pressure to rein in, be more safe, have more control for AI might come from other governments, other organizations. Maybe it’s the states. Where do you see the most pressure on making AI safe come from right now? …
… It certainly created more pressure on Sam and OpenAI. We published a story this week just about the vibes of OpenAI. Your story is part of it, but massive staffing changes in the executive ranks at OpenAI — people are coming and going. …
… This is even for big, late stage companies and certainly for early stage companies. So, we spend a lot of time focused on that, on trying to get the best people in the world for each of the different disciplines, and putting people in a position to have tremendous impact. …
… But before this, she led core AI at Microsoft. She was a VP of Product at Meta. She was COO of Instacart. She’s got a corporate operator background. She’s been at the big companies. She’s run big projects. She’s faced the pressure, she’s handled it, but she’s not a gamer. …
… Again, the reason I’m starting here is that I want to ground the conversation with AI. I feel all that pressure in the music industry. I can see all those gears turning. Then, right next to that, AI is upending the process of songwriting, the process of producing music. …
… Instead of at every case saying, “Oh, you have a credit card that’s tied to this airline, we can see you’re spending, your price is going to be up for this route.” Which is what we’re barreling towards every single day. …