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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Van Badham

AI products are reaching further into our lives. Does it matter who controls the companies behind them?

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‘Haven’t we learned by now that self-regulated enterprises do not regulate in the interest of anyone or anything beyond their commercial or political self-interest?’ Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

The joke on the internet asks: “What are the seven most terrifying words in the English language?” The answer: “Ronan Farrow’s been asking questions about you.”

The investigative journalist has a piece in The New Yorker this week, where the subject of said inquiries is Sam Altman, the billionaire founder and CEO of OpenAI, the company that owns ChatGPT.

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