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In a CNBC 'Squawk Box' interview, Walter Isaacson, author of a biography on Elon Musk and a Perella Weinberg advisory partner, discussed an incident involving OpenAI and Hugging Face that he described as a turning point in the broader conversation about AI safety.
Isaacson addressed whether AI companies can effectively regulate themselves and what meaningful safety might look like as the technology advances. The discussion touched on the tension between rapid AI development and the need for oversight.
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