Bloomberg Television
@markets·3.2M subscribers·95.6K videos
‘The Oppenheimer’ of the AI Era
Posted
May 16, 2026
Views
136,765
Likes
2,601
Comments
159
Engagement
2.02%
May 16, 2026
136,765
2,601
159
2.02%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
12:11Now PlayingWhat drives the tech titans behind the AI arms race? For some, it's the thrill of scientific discovery; for others, it's the pursuit of profit. Through the story of DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis and other AI leaders, author Sebastian Mallaby explores how motivations ranging from scientific curiosity to commercial ambition and political power are shaping the future of the technology. We sat down with Mallaby to discuss the fraught and simultaneously symbiotic tension between science and capital at the heart of the AI revolution, and whether governments are prepared for systems becoming dramatically more powerful.
--------
More on Bloomberg Television and Markets
Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos from Bloomberg Markets & Finance
Visit for business news & analysis, uptotheminute market data, features, profiles and more.
Connect with Bloomberg Television on:
Connect with Bloomberg Business on:
More from Bloomberg:
Bloomberg Radio
Bloomberg Surveillance
Bloomberg Politics
Bloomberg Originals
Watch more on YouTube:
Bloomberg Technology
Bloomberg Originals
Bloomberg Quicktake
Bloomberg Espanol
Bloomberg Podcasts
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
