OpenAI acquires tech podcast ‘TBPN’

Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has acquired the technology streaming show “TPBN” in a surprise move for Silicon Valley.

The acquisition was announced online by both brands Thursday, though no official cost for the deal was disclosed.

Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of AGI deployment, said in a blog post the decision comes after the company mulled “the future of how we communicate” and determined the “standard communications playbook just doesn’t apply to us.”

“TBPN” launched just last year, featuring daily podcasts hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, who discuss technology news of the day and interview well-known technology leaders like OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Their guests also extended to those leading tech policy in Washington, including Defense Under Secretary Emil Michael and Michael Kratsios, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

The episodes, which livestream for about three hours........

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