hello. welcome to bbc news, if you rejustjoining us, good timing, because we re about to head to washington to hear from the man leading the change to the way we all live. this is sam altman, the ceo and co founder of openai, the people who ve brought us the artificial intelligence tool chatgpt in the last few months, that has the potential, to revolutionise how people work, shop and interact. he s about to be questioned by lawmakers in the us, both about the huge benefits the technology could bring and the threat artificial intelligence could pose for humanity, plus the safeguards that will be needed. in march, elon musk and other tech leaders published an open letter calling for the development of ai systems to be paused. this the scene, all set for the start of that session. it s going to be fascinating. fascinating too is altman himself. those who know him describe him as a brilliant thinker, he s even been called a start up yoda. one of his first employers said, within m
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