The Interview: Replit CEO on the contradictions at the heart of AI doom
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The Interview: Replit CEO on the contradictions at the heart of AI doom

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 3, 202632 min
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This week, Danny speaks to Amjad Masad, co-founder and CEO of Replit, a ‘vibe-coding’ company which enables anyone – coder or not – to build software simply by telling AI what they want it to do. Amjad makes the case that we’ve lost the original joy of computing, leaving everyday users "at the mercy" of Silicon Valley giants. He also pushes back on the current wave of AI doomerism, arguing that apocalyptic fears are overblown and that focus should shift toward real-world accountability, including strict penalties for companies whose AI agents go rogue. Watc...

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This week on the Business Podcast, Chancellor John Healy promised a new age of industrialization. Is that realistic? Or perhaps just a slogan to get labour hearts fluttering? We cannot overlook the impact that Chinese imports into the UK economy could have on what are essentially productive businesses. From the Times and the Sunday Times, join me, Hannah Prevert.

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And me, Dominic O'Connell, for conversations from the world of business and entrepreneurship. Follow us wherever you get your podcasts, or find our channel on YouTube by searching Times Business. This episode of the Time's Tech podcast is sponsored by KPMG. Katie, we've been tracking the AI surge for a while, but some of the latest data is pretty striking.

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It is. KPMG's latest quarterly AI polls suggest that seven in ten UK business leaders still see AI as a top investment priority, even if the economy slows down in the next year. But turning that investment into tangible value is another question. And so a lot of organizations are still figuring out how to move from endless AI pilots to

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