Oprah Winfrey to Host ‘AI and the Future Us’ Special for ABC [Video]

Oprah Winfrey is set to host a primetime special for ABC that will tackle the use and impact that artificial intelligence has on people’s everyday lives.

The special, titled “AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special,” is set to air Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. ET and stream on Hulu the next day. The event will feature conversations with tech and media pundits like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, former Microsoft CEO and Gates Foundation chair Bill Gates, content creator Marques Brownlee and many more.

” ‘AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special’ provides a serious, entertaining and meaningful base for every viewer to understand AI and empowers everyone to be a part of one of the most important global conversations of the 21st century,” reads the log line.

“Altman will explain how AI works in layman’s terms and discusses the immense personal responsibility that must be borne by the executives of …