Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has provided a clarification in response to a video shared by CP Gurnani, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tech Mahindra. In the video, Altman appeared to suggest that India’s chances of developing a ChatGPT-like tool were “hopeless.”
Gurnani promptly shared Altman’s response on Twitter, accepting the challenge presented and expressing his determination to prove Altman’s statement wrong.
Altman clarified that his remark had been taken out of context, specifying that he was specifically referring to the question of competing with OpenAI using only a $10 million investment. He acknowledged that attempting to rival OpenAI under such circumstances would be challenging. However, Altman encouraged Indian start-ups to explore new avenues and contribute innovative ideas to the world, expressing confidence in their potential to achieve groundbreaking feats. He emphasised that the unique contributions of Indian start-ups could only be answered by them.
“Thank you for clarifying. Point taken,” Gurnani replied to Altman on Twitter after Altman’s clarification.
This incident occurred during an event organised by The Economic Times, where Altman was questioned by Rajan Anandan, a former Vice President of Google in India and Southeast Asia and current venture capitalist. Anandan had inquired about India’s capability to develop an artificial intelligence tool like ChatGPT, which prompted Altman’s response.
Altman further elaborated that OpenAI’s perspective was to convey the difficulty of competing with them in training foundational models while simultaneously encouraging others to attempt it. He maintained his belief that such competition would be quite challenging, describing it as “pretty hopeless.”
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