‘Gen AI’s impact will be as big as printing press’

Everybody in the tech world, and even outside it, is talking about generative AI today. That’s also what we discussed with Brad Smith, Microsoft’s VC & president, who is in India to be part of the G20 dialogue forum with the global business community. Smith joined Microsoft 30 years ago and today, he’s representing it publicly on critical issues involving the intersection of technology and society. Microsoft is at the centre of the gen AI world with its massive investment in OpenAI — the non-profit that developed ChatGPT. Excerpts: