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AI Researcher’s Dire Warning Sparks Calls for Regulation Ahead of Midterms

AI researcher Jacob Coxon warned that AI could "kill us all by the end of the decade." Is that enough to move Congress?

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Newsweek· Sep 9, 5:42 PMAI Researcher’s Dire Warning Sparks Calls for Regulation Ahead of Midterms

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We 'Need Law Enforcement and the Politicians' to Monitor AISunday on NBC’s "Meet the Press," Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said we "need law enforcement and the politicians" to get into the discussion about safeguards and monitoring for artificial intelligence. | Clips

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Bill Gates Shares Chilling AI PredictionThe Microsoft co-founder was asked about whether the technology is “powerful enough to end all of humanity.”

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