‘Engine of inequality’: delegates discuss AI’s global impact at Paris summit
by Dan Milmo in Paris from Technology | The Guardian on (#6V63N)
Emmanuel Macron's tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainable
The impact of artificial intelligence on the environment and inequality have featured in the opening exchanges of a global summit in Paris attended by political leaders, tech executives and experts.
Emmanuel Macron's AI envoy, Anne Bouverot, opened the two-day gathering at the Grand Palais in the heart of the French capital with a speech referring to the environmental impact of AI, which requires vast amounts of energy and resource to develop and operate.
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