Interview: Bret Taylor of Sierra and OpenAI

采访:雪铁龙和OpenAI的布雷特·泰勒

Boss Class from The Economist

2026-01-29

34 分钟

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A conversation about the potential and limits of AI agents with the co-founder of Sierra, an agentic customer-service company. Bret Taylor, who is also the chairman of OpenAI, tells Andrew Palmer about the imperfections of the technology, the competition between model-makers and vendors, and how he uses AI to manage. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. This episode is also available to watch on The Economist’s YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • The Economist.

  • Hi there.

  • I'm the Sonos AI support agent.

  • You can talk to me just like you would with anyone else.

  • Oh, hi.

  • Did you say you were an AI?

  • Yes.

  • I'm an AI-powered assistant here to help you with anything.

  • Sonos-related.

  • I've borrowed a colleague's Sonos wireless speaker as an excuse to call up its customer support line.

  • Because I know it won't be a human that answers the phone.

  • Yeah, no, I'm looking for help.

  • So I've brought my speaker into the office today,

  • and I'd like to connect it to the office Wi-Fi, and I'm having difficulties.

  • So can you help?

  • Are you seeing any specific errors in the Sonos app?

  • No.

  • For example.

  • OK, give me a moment here.

  • AI customer support agents like this one are spreading fast.