00:00I'd now like to introduce our witnesses for today.
00:03Each of our witnesses and their companies represent critical parts of the AI infrastructure, hardware, and software supply chain.
00:10Our first witness is Sam Altman, the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI.
00:15OpenAI is one of the world's most advanced AI companies, known best for its ChatGPT product.
00:22Our second witness is Lisa Su, the chair and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices AMD.
00:28AMD develops high-performance processors, graphic chips, and AI accelerators that power artificial intelligence.
00:37And Dr. Su is also a Texan.
00:40Our third witness today is Michael Entrader, the CEO and co-founder of CoreWeave, an AI hyperscaler.
00:48CoreWeave is the world's largest purpose-built AI cloud platform.
00:53And our final witness is Brad Smith, the vice chair and president of Microsoft.
00:59I believe everyone is familiar with his company.
01:03Mr. Altman, you are recognized for your opening statement.
01:10If you could turn on the volume.
01:11Sorry about that.
01:12And I do enjoy telling techies how to operate the tech.
01:15Pretty embarrassing that I couldn't figure that out.
01:17So, anyway, thank you, Chairman.
01:19Thank you, Ranking Member Cantwell.
01:20Thank you, all senators and fellow panelists.
01:23It's a real honor to be here.
01:24I was here about two years ago.
01:26And at that time, ChatGPT had recently launched.
01:29It was a curiosity in the world.
01:31People weren't sure what it was going to mean, what it was going to be used for.
01:34Today, we've made significant progress.
01:37ChatGPT is used by more than 500 million people a week.
01:40I just saw yesterday that, according to SimilarWeb, it's now the fifth biggest website on the Internet globally, growing very quickly.
01:49But most of all, it's being used in really important ways.
01:52It's significantly increasing productivity.
01:55We hear scientists say they're two or three times more productive than they could be before.
01:58We hear people that are getting medical advice or learning in ways they couldn't before.
02:03And it's really, it's no longer this thing that was going to come in the future.
02:07But it's here now, and people are really using it.
02:10We're very proud to be one of the leaders of this.
02:13We're very proud that America is leading in AI so significantly.
02:17And I think that's critical.
02:19What Senator Cruz said about the importance of innovation in America and that we have the, what happened with the Internet, we have happen again.
02:29I believe this will be at least as big as the Internet, maybe bigger.
02:32That needs to happen.
02:33For that to happen, investment in infrastructure is critical.
02:36I believe the next decade will be about abundant intelligence and abundant energy.
02:41Making sure that those, that America leads in both of those, that we are able to usher in these dual revolutions that will change the world we live in, I think, in incredibly positive ways is critical.
02:51I got to go to Abilene, Texas yesterday, where we're building out what will be the largest AI training facility in the world.
02:57It's coming along beautifully.
02:59Super exciting to see.
03:00We need a lot more of that.
03:01There's a whole sort of AI factory, like a supply chain of energy chips, standing up data centers, building the racks and more.
03:08We've got to do that really well in the U.S. so that we can continue to innovate, continue to lead, and continue to sort of shape this revolution.
03:16Speaking of that, I was very inspired by what Chairman Cruz said.
03:20So I'd like to deviate from script here and tell a story in my prepared written testimony.
03:26I covered the basics.
03:28So if it's okay, I'd love to tell you a story.
03:31I grew up in St. Louis, and I was a computer nerd.
03:35And it was the time of the Internet boom.
03:37And I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
03:39We kind of lived in this beautiful old brick house in this suburb of St. Louis.
03:43And I lived in the attic, and I had this computer, and I would stay up all night.
03:46And I would learn to program, and I got to kind of use the Internet.
03:49And it was like a crazy time of tons of innovation.
03:52All sorts of stuff was happening.
03:54It was amazing.
03:55And it was all happening here.
03:56All the Internet companies were in the U.S.
03:58I used a Mac that was built here.
03:59I used chips that were started, you know, near where I now live.
04:04And I learned about computers.
04:06I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
04:08And I can draw a straight line from that experience to founding OpenAI
04:12and getting to work on companies like Helium.
04:15The spirit of American innovation and supportive entrepreneurship.
04:22I don't think the Internet could have happened anywhere else.
04:24And if that didn't happen, I don't think the AI revolution would have happened here.
04:27I am a child of the Internet revolution.
04:31I have the great honor to be one of the parents of the many parents of the AI revolution.
04:35And I think it is no accident that that's happening in America again and again and again.
04:40But we need to make sure that we build our systems and that we set our policy in a way where that continues to happen.
04:48I think this is magic.
04:50I don't want to live in Europe either.
04:52I think America is just an incredible and special thing.
04:56And it will not only be the place where the AI revolution happens, but all the revolutions after.
05:02I was home visiting St. Louis recently, drove by our old house, and I kind of like was at night and I looked up and in that like top floor window, the light was on.
05:10And I thought, you know, hopefully there's some kid in there staying up late at night playing with ChatGPT, figuring out how he or she is going to start whatever company comes next.
05:18And whatever the next thing is after, I will have in here too.
