'AI doom' letter sparks a backlash

John Leonard
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'AI doom' letter sparks a backlash

Musk-signed moratorium appeal adds to AI hype, aims at the wrong targets and is signed by many of those causing the problems, say opponents

The open letter signed by more than 1,000 technologists, academics and engineers, calling for a pause on the development of large AI models until more robust auditing procedures are in place, has d...

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