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Analysis: As Leo courts AI at Davos, UK Post Office fiasco shows we must not put blind faith in tech

OpenAI’s Sam Altman expressed his ‘nervousness’ over the technology as he took pride of place beside the Taoiseach at an IDA dinner in Switzerland

The AI soothsayer is likely to give that more consideration now, following his decision to open an OpenAI office here last September

You can tell a lot about how important someone is by where they are seated at events. No surprise then that Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, had pride of place at the top of the table beside Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the IDA’s dinner in Davos last week.

Over 50 top business leaders with investments in Ireland attended the dinner held at the Hotel Grischa on Wednesday night, including Stripe ...