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Regulating AI is going to be hard but big tech transparency is key

Companies creating the new generation of chatbots and other generative AI are shy about sharing their code and data. That has to change

19 April 2023

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IT IS increasingly obvious that we are on the cusp of a revolution in artificial intelligence that will be no less profound than the arrival of the printing press or the internet, as we explore in this special issue. Nobody can say for sure exactly what this future will be, but optimists – including many of those working in the companies behind the technologies – foresee one in which AI will allow us to live our best lives (see “How this moment for AI will change society forever”). Not everyone shares that rosy outlook, however, and whether it is existential risk …

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