Kantrowitz: TBPN acquisition won't solve OpenAI's public perception issues among non-users
Alex Kantrowitz · OpenAI's TBPN Mistake, SpaceX’s $2 Trillion IPO?, Iran Disables Amazon Infrastructure · Apr 6, 2026 · at 13:00
Journalist Alex Kantrowitz discusses OpenAI's acquisition of tech talk show TBPN and analyzes YouGov polling on public attitudes toward artificial intelligence.
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“I just think it's the wrong solution because if you look at the YouGov polling and we've talked about it on this show, Who are the people that do not like AI? The most negative group about AI are people who have not used it or seen anyone else use it. They're only positive about AI, it looks like, 22% of the time and -60% of the time. People that have seen it used but haven't used it for themselves are the most they have some positive views, but in terms of pure negative, they're the most 62% of them are there. But the people who regularly lose, use AI compared to that 62%, only 26% of them are entirely negative or more negative and positive on AI. And that is TBPN's audience. Yeah. The people that regularly use AI. When you think about the cross-section of the public that needs to hear this message, it's not them. It's the other people. And TBPN doesn't cater to them.”
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