Introduction

This week we are, as promised, going to talk about AI. And Wu Nelli, do we have a great guest. He's the founder of a startup called Character.ai which is in the process of raising a reported $250 million at a $1 billion valuation. Gnome Shazir spent roughly two decades at Google where he would start out as employee number 200. But with a simple prompt, you can effectively create any character you want from Joe Biden to an AI therapist,. A new best friend, even a girlfriend. It's all pretty wild. You can listen to us for free on the Times Radio app or wherever else you get your podcasts.