Rewind: Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
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Rewind: Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 12, 202655 min
  • Interview
  • Technology

Hey everybody, it’s Nilay. We’re off today for the holiday, and we’ll be back this Thursday with new episodes. In the meantime, we wanted to revisit a conversation from earlier this year I had with investigative journalist and New Yorker contributor Ronan Farrow, all about the in-depth feature on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman he co-authored with Andrew Marantz. The conversation holds up remarkably well, and I think it tells us a lot about the current moment, as calls for meaningful federal AI oversight have ground to a halt yet again. Enjoy. L...

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