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Episode 780

Generative AI & Geopolitics: Placing Smart Bets with Goldman Sachs Co-Heads of the Office of Applied Innovation

June 29, 2023
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Jared Cohen & George Lee

Co-Heads of the Office of Applied Innovation at Goldman Sachs
Jared Cohen and George Lee are the Co-Heads of the Office of Applied Innovation at Goldman Sachs, an office they created a little less than a year ago. Jared also serves as the company's president of Global Affairs, and prior to joining the firm, Jared was Chief Executive Officer of Jigsaw, a company he founded at Alphabet Inc. in 2016. George has spent nearly three decades at Goldman Sachs and previously served as co-Chief Information Officer of the company for about four years. Before that, George led the firm’s Global Technology, Media, and Telecom Banking Group.

Episode Overview

780: Jared Cohen and George Lee, the Co-Heads of the Office of Applied Innovation at Goldman Sachs, delve into the intersections between global affairs, geopolitics, and cutting-edge technology such as generative AI. As leaders in the financial services industry and technology space, both executives provide valuable insights into the significance of geopolitical swing states and the current state of global affairs, as well as the rapid rise of generative AI, and the role government regulation plays in technological advancements.

“"Generative AI is the greatest thing that human beings have built that they don't fully understand, and the greatest experiment in anarchy the world has ever seen." -Jared Cohen, Goldman Sachs"

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