EP. 165 · 22.09.2025 · 45:00
POWER, POLITICS AND THE RACE TO AGI
with Sam Altman
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EPISODE BRIEF — EP. 165 · POWER, POLITICS AND THE RACE TO AGI Guest: Sam Altman · Published: 22.09.2025 · Duration: 45:00 【OVERVIEW】 Sam Altman on the political weather around frontier AI: navigating Washington, the long feud with Elon Musk, what regulation he would actually welcome, and how the race toward general systems looks from inside the company running it. 【KEY TAKEAWAYS】 1. Frontier AI meets Washington 2. The Musk rivalry, revisited 3. What good regulation would look like 4. The race to AGI and who is ahead 【CHAPTERS】 00:00 — Frontier AI meets Washington 14:00 — The Musk rivalry, revisited 28:00 — What good regulation would look like 38:00 — The race to AGI and who is ahead 【TOPICS】AGI · Politics · Regulation · OpenAI · Geopolitics 【WATCH】https://thedaopod.com/episodes/ep-165-sam-altman-on-power-politics-and-the-race-to-agi
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Sam Altman on the political weather around frontier AI: navigating Washington, the long feud with Elon Musk, what regulation he would actually welcome, and how the race toward general systems looks from inside the company running it.
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EP. 165 · POWER, POLITICS AND THE RACE TO AGI
Sam Altman on the political weather around frontier AI: navigating Washington, the long feud with Elon Musk, what regulation he would actually welcome, and how the race toward general systems looks from inside the company running it.
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CEO, OpenAI
CEO of OpenAI. He has become one of the most politically exposed executives in technology, testifying before legislators and negotiating with governments over how frontier systems should be governed.
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