OpenAI CFO Says Bubble-Wary Market Needs More AI ‘Exuberance’

OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar suggested the market is overly focused on anxiety about a possible bubble in the artificial intelligence sector and should muster more “exuberance” about the technology’s potential.

“I don’t think there’s enough exuberance about AI, when I think about the actual practical implications and what it can do for individuals,” Friar said in an onstage interview at the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference in California on Wednesday. “We should keep running at it.”

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar

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There has been mounting scrutiny in recent months on soaring valuations for AI companies as well as the accelerating spending ...