Mustafa Suleyman: Harnessing AI to Transform Work, Business, and Innovation | E314

Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha

At just 11 years old, Mustafa Suleyman started buying and reselling candy for profit in his modest London neighborhood. Many years later, he co-founded one of the most groundbreaking AI companies, DeepMind, which Google later acquired for £400 million. But while at Google, Mustafa felt things were moving too slowly with LaMDA, an AI project that eventually became Gemini. Convinced that the technology was ready for real-world impact, he left to co-found Inflection AI, aiming to build technology that feels natural and human. In this episode, Mustafa shares insights on how AI is quickly changing how we work and live, the challenges of using it responsibly, and what the future might hold.

In this episode, Hala and Mustafa will discuss:

- The ethical challenges of AI development

- How AI can be misused when in the wrong hands

- AI: a super-intelligent aid at your fingertips

- Why personalized AI companions are the future

- Could AI surpass human intelligence?

- Narrow AI vs. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

- How Microsoft Copilot is transforming the future of work

- A level playing field for everyone

- How AI can transform entrepreneurship

- How AI will replace routine jobs and enable creativity

Mustafa Suleyman is the CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of DeepMind, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies, now owned by Google. In 2022, he co-founded Inflection AI, which aims to create AI tools that help people interact more naturally with technology. An outspoken advocate for AI ethics, he founded the DeepMind Ethics & Society team to study the impact of AI on society. Mustafa is also the author of The Coming Wave, which explores how AI will shape the future of society and global systems. His work has earned him recognition as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in AI in both 2023 and 2024.

Connect with Mustafa:

Mustafa’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mustafa-suleyman/

Mustafa’s Twitter: https://x.com/mustafasuleyman

Resources Mentioned:

Mustafa’s book, The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma: https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Wave-Technology-Twenty-first-Centurys/dp/0593593952

Inflection AI: https://inflection.ai/

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