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AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 13: Alexis Ohanian Sr. speaks onstage at “Featured Session: Empowering the Next Generation to Build a Better Future” during the 2023 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Hilton Austin on March 13, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Amy E. Price/Getty Images for SXSW)

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AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 13: Alexis Ohanian Sr. speaks onstage at “Featured Session: Empowering the Next Generation to Build a Better Future” during the 2023 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Hilton Austin on March 13, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Amy E. Price/Getty Images for SXSW)
Alexis Ohanian, the husband of Serena Williams, is someone who handles quite a few ventures. As he invests in various companies with his venture capital business, Seven Seven Six, Ohanian and his cohorts use several tools for their work. With recent developments in AI chatbots, ChatGPT is one of the tools the Seven Seven Six Foundation uses. The business magnate recently talked about how and why he integrates AI into his work.
Prior to his current interview, Ohanian talked about integrating AI into his work with proper balance. He shared something written by AI which hammered the point that human touch cannot be replaced.
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Serena Williams’ husband on the benefits of AI
As part of his job, Ohanian and his company create a lot of content. Sometimes the work piles up, and his employees can become overwhelmed with the workload. To make the situation better, Ohanian’s venture employs the use of AI chatbots. In an interview with Yahoo interview, Ohanian talked about how AI was going to impact industries worldwide.
He talked about how he and his peers have started using the software for their benefit. He stated that “We’ve incorporated GPT into the operating software that we use to run our firm… It’s making our lives easier.”

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 02: Alexis Ohanian looks on prior to the Women’s Singles Third Round match between Ajla Tomlijanovic of Australia and Serena Williams of the United States on Day Five of the 2022 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 02, 2022 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
“There’s a ton of hype for sure, but there is a real significant technological shift,” he said as he compared it to the change when he founded Reddit. He further said, “I have not seen anything like this before in my career. It’s that big. Bigger than your smartphone, bigger than broadband ubiquity, certainly bigger than social media as much as it hurts my heart and ego, it’s bigger than all those.”
To further substantiate his claim, Ohanian recalled the time when he was involved in graphic design. He stated that he was given an illegal copy of Adobe Photoshop and understood that his output was going to improve by a huge margin. “My abilities as a graphic designer, albeit not the most professional, was going to increase 50x, 100x because of these tools, because of this software.
“There’s a ton of hype for sure,” @Reddit co-Founder @alexisohanian says on AI. “I have not seen anything like this before in my career. It’s that big. Bigger than your smartphone, bigger than broadband ubiquity, certainly bigger than social media.” pic.twitter.com/RlOGBzhXrh
— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) May 4, 2023
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He likened his experience with Photoshop to the growth of AI and its implementation in the corporate world. “What this presents, what AI presents, I have the same feelings, but the order of the magnitude is so much bigger“.
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Considering his experience in the field of social media and entrepreneurship, Ohanian is someone who can talk about AI and give substantial statements about its growth. Several industries are incorporating it into their basis. There is only a short matter of time before every budding business uses it.
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