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AI awaiting its iPhone moment, says Altman; needs to learn key Apple lesson

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI is still awaiting its iPhone moment and that the industry needs to learn a key lesson from Apple. He admitted he was overly ambitious about how quickly AI would disrupt the economy, but believes the technology will paradoxically create new opportunities for businesses that don't use it.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that AI is still awaiting its iPhone moment, and that he needs to learn a key lesson from Apple.

He also admits that he was overly ambitious in his idea of how quickly AI would disrupt the economy, but thinks that, paradoxically, the tech will create new opportunities for businesses that don’t use it …

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