Microsoft president criticizes AI titans’ racing ahead

Brad Smith said at a U.N. event that slowing down AI progress isn’t “a complicated question” if AI companies worry their systems could be harmful.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith slammed AI giant CEOs for their lackluster efforts to slow down AI in his speech at the U.N.David Ryder / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

Microsoft President Brad Smith on Wednesday forcefully rejected the idea that AI companies require domestic and international buy-in to slow down AI development and avert significant AI-fueled harm to society.

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