Learn how Google CEO Sundar Pichai (l.), Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and six other leading companies are using AI. Christoph Soeder/Getty Images; Josh Edelson/Getty; Mohd Rasfan/Getty
Some of the world‘s most influential business leaders themselves use AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Some also use AI to write rap songs and other surprising activities.
Here’s how nine executives from companies like Meta, Google and Microsoft are using the technology.
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Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2023, everyone has been talking about the technology – and trying it out in their personal and professional lives. Of course, this also applies to some of the world‘s most influential business leaders. From translating poetry to creating rap songs, here’s how executives at Meta, Google, Microsoft, and other major companies have personally used AI.
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang uses Perplexity AI “almost every day”
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The CEO of the chip company that makes highly sought-after GPUs to power AI models uses Perplexity AI. It’s an AI-powered question-and-answer search engine for research purposes, he told Wired in February of this year. The CEO said he also uses OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
AMD CEO Lisa Su uses Microsoft’s Copilot to “summarize meetings” and “track actions”
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Business Insider US writes that Lisa Su doesn’t use it to write emails: “It doesn’t write my emails that well,” said the CEO of Nvidia’s competitor AMD during her SXSW keynote in March 2024.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: His favorite way to use ChatGPT is to explain German philosophy and Persian poetry
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Nadella said ChatGPT helps him understand complicated texts by philosophers like Martin Heidegger. “I remember my father trying to read Heidegger in his 40s and struggling with it, and I tried a thousand times and failed,” the CEO said in a June 2023 episode of Freakonomics Radio. “But I have to say, asking ChatGPT or Bing Chat to summarize Heidegger is the best way to read Heidegger.”
He was also impressed by the AI chatbot’s ability to translate poetry. He said his favorite prompt was to ask ChatGPT to translate Rumi from Urdu to English.
“The most interesting thing about it is that it captures the depth of poetry,” Nadella said on the podcast. “It somehow finds meaning in this latent space that goes beyond the words and the translation. I think that’s just phenomenal.”
Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla said he used ChatGPT to write a rap for his daughter’s wedding
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“I wrote what I wanted to say to her as a speech, entered it into ChatGPT, said, ‘Add rap lyrics to it,’ and then entered it into a music AI,” OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla wrote in October 2023 on X, formerly Twitter.
“So I was able to blast it over the speakers, a personal rap song of mine,” Khosla added. “It expanded my skills. It meant a lot to me.”
He is the founder of Khosla Ventures, a venture capitalist that invests in startups in AI, clean technology and biomedicine, among others.
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Sam Altman, CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, said he uses his company’s chatbot for translation and writing work
Ten years ago, Sam Altman began his rise in the tech community – now he’s one of its biggest names. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images
Altman told Bloomberg in August 2023 that ChatGPT was a “lifesaver” for translation purposes during his world tour where he spoke about the future of AI. Within three months he visited countries such as Israel, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, India and South Korea.
The face behind ChatGPT added that his creation helps him “write faster” and “think better.” “I see this becoming my super assistant for all my cognitive work,” he told Bloomberg.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said he used a language model to talk to the planet Pluto with his son
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In an episode of the New York Times tech podcast “Hard Fork,” Pichai said he asked LaMDA, one of the search giant’s early conversational AI models, to pretend to be the planet Pluto to test its capabilities.
During a conversation, LaMDA reportedly told Pichai and his son that Pluto was “very lonely” because it was so far out in space. “I felt sad talking to him at that point,” the CEO said on the March 2023 episode of the podcast.
He also asked LaMDA what he should do for his father’s 80th birthday. In response, the model suggested that he make a photo album. “It’s not that deep, but it says things and stimulates the imagination,” he told the Times when describing the prompt.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he used ChatGPT to translate Frank Sinatra’s song “My Way” into Spanish
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Berkshire Hathaway’s chairman seemed pleased with the outcome. “Two seconds later, the result is there, rhyming and doing all these wonderful things,” Buffett told CNBC of the song in April 2023.
While the billionaire said he saw the potential for ChatGPT to save time, he was skeptical about whether it could have a positive impact on society. “It’s extraordinary, but I don’t know if it’s beneficial,” he told CNBC.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook said he uses ChatGPT in his personal life
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Cook did not specify how exactly he uses the AI chatbot. However, he said that after trying it out, he saw its potential. “I’m excited,” he told CNBC in a June 2023 interview. “I think there are some unique applications for this, and you can bet we’re watching that closely.”
Apple appears to be lagging behind some other big tech players in the AI space. The iPhone maker is expected to discuss its AI projects at its developer conference in June.
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Back in 2016, “Jarvis” controlled the lights, appliances, temperature, music and security systems of Zuckerberg’s home, Zuckerberg wrote in a blog post. The CEO also said the AI assistant interacts with his phone and computer and can learn new words and concepts.
Meta launched “Llama-2” to select users in July 2023, a large language model similar to OpenAI’s GPT. Since then, the company has released Ray-Ban AI-powered smart glasses and AI chatbots. “Llama-3”, its most advanced model, is still in the works.
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