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Pichai and Musk call for a moratorium on AI

July 29, 2023

Elon Musk, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and other tech leaders say that AI poses the same dangers as a nuclear bomb. They're calling for a moratorium on AI development and a regulatory body for oversight.

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