OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar joins Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Friar discusses AI’s potential, competition with Gemini and Claude, and growing both the consumer and enterprise businesses. Plus, the OpenAI executive discusses the guidelines for ChatGPT as it expands access and opens an advertising revenue stream.

In this episode:
Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick
Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk
Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin
Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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