The Scene
Semafor Technology editor Reed Albergotti sat down Wednesday with some of the leaders shaping AI, including Anthropic’s Jack Clark, World Labs’ Fei Fei Li, and Replit’s Amjad Masad, to discuss how they’re transforming the way we work, live, and interact with the world.
Watch the Semafor Tech in San Francisco event above and read on for highlights from the interviews.
The View From venture capital
Jill Chase, partner, CapitalG
On the promise of AI drug discovery:
On riskier bets in AI investing:
The View From Fei Fei Li
Dr. Fei Fei Li, founding co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and World Labs CEO and co-founder
On the need for more data in AI:
On the need to attract and keep top talent in the United States:
On brain computer interfaces and what AI models can learn from the human brain:
On the risks of the US government cutting research funding:
The View From Booking Holdings
Glenn Fogel, CEO and President, Booking Holdings Inc.
On how generative AI is changing his business:
The View From Anthropic
Jack Clark, co-founder, Anthropic
On whether the Trump administration has a coherent or contradictory strategy on AI:
On the potential risks of distributed compute in AI:
On how AI has changed coding and software development:
The View From Singapore Economic Development Board
Ih-Ming Chan, Executive Vice President, Singapore Economic Development Board
On how Singapore is cultivating an AI ecosystem:
The View From Replit
Amjad Masad, CEO, Replit
On how he sees AI coding continuing to advance a year from now:
On how Replit is positioned against its competitors:
On what is most at risk of being replaced by Replit’s AI coding tools:
On what startup founders are telling him about how they’re using Replit:
The View From The AI safety movement
Dan Hendrycks, Advisor, xAI; Advisor, Scale AI; Director, Center for AI Safety
On the importance of “truth-seeking” AI:
On how he views regulation in the global AI race: