Richard Osman

I think they're in a very, very strong position, these guys, because firstly, they are, as you say, tech evangelists anyway.

You know, they are not naturally inclined to disparage AI or open AI.

So that's...

you know, they'd have to be going out of their way to do it.

And yeah, the consequences for OpenAI, if they were seen to censor them, would be very, very damaging.

I think, my God, these guys, and as I say, it would be an even better story if these guys weren't already rich.

I get that.

If they were like a couple of plucky young upstarts who suddenly had $200 million for something that they built 18 months ago.

But my God, they must be high-fiving each other.

I mean, I wouldn't even claim to be journalism.

Because it's opinion.

People prefer opinion to journalism.

I agree.

Always have done, always will do.

And we've had enough gatekeepers over the years that actually there has always been journalism at large scale, certainly in this country and in the States.

And now those gatekeepers don't have control over it anymore.

And if you want to know about sport or if you want to know about technology or if you want to know about politics, you can, and lots of people now do, just listen to two people giving their opinion.

Yeah.

And you hope somewhere in the middle that those people are good actors and those people have... Hold themselves to a certain ethical standard and try and be fair.

You just hope.