AI company CEOs and researchers issued another dire warning about the existential harms posed by the fast-developing technology. Critics, however, argue that focusing on hypothetical risks detracts from immediate societal concerns.
Despite the leaps in capabilities that "generative" chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Bing and Google's Bard have demonstrated, they still have a major flaw: They make stuff up all the time.
Tim Wu, an architect of President Biden's antitrust policy, outlined what he thinks officials should do to keep AI in check -- and what they should avoid.