Google's Former Safety Chief Calls For Slowdown In AI Development

Tom Siegel, the former vice president of trust and safety at Google, has called for a slowdown in AI development, warning that "AI can cause more harm to children than social media has," Reuters reports. "We find ourselves in a really terrible situation in terms of what AI is doing to kids," Siegel said. "The idea that the industry will figure it out by itself without outside help is unrealistic."

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