Pioneers of AI: OpenAI’s Tibo Sottiaux doesn’t want humans to be an ‘afterthought’

Thibault 'Tibo' Sottiaux, OpenAI’s head of Product & Platform, joins Rana el Kaliouby to discuss the decision to delay the latest Astra model over safety concerns, the new agentic product suite revealed at DevDay, and what it’s like to lead inside a frontier AI company. He expresses pride in prioritizing safety over speed, even when that means postponing releases. The conversation covers the evolution from simple chatbots to autonomous agents and the pressures of serving more than a billion users. Sottiaux reflects on navigating rapid innovation while managing global responsibility.