How Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Influenced OpenAI's Regulatory Stance
Skift Take
Is it too far-fetched to think that Brian Chesky might one day pull a "Dara Khosrowshahi," who left his post as Expedia boss for the bigger opportunity to head Uber? After all, developing generative AI at OpenAI is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Airbnb boss Brian Chesky has a ton of experience with regulations. The company faces a ban in Barcelona in a few years, was nearly erased from New York City, and has to deal with countless other regulatory battles around the world.
On a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival earlier this week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman credited fellow panelist Chesky with some key advice: "You're not thinking enough about politics and policy, and what that's going to mean for how the world thinks about AI," Altman said, paraphrasing Chesky. The two have been friends since Chesky arrived in Silicon Valley in 2008.
During the discussion, moderated by NBC News' Lester
