Big tech firms recklessly pursuing profits from AI, says UN head
by Larry Elliott in Davos from Technology | The Guardian on (#6HXKM)
International community has no strategy to deal with risks, Antonio Guterres tells Davos meeting
Big technology companies are recklessly pursuing profits from artificial intelligence and urgent action is needed to mitigate the risks from the rapidly growing sector, the head of the United Nations has warned.
In a fierce attack on the technology multinationals, the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, told the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos that every breakthrough in generative AI increased the threat of unintended consequences.
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