'Careless use of AI is the real threat - not the ghost stories'
Meredith Whittaker says the tech has been misunderstood, in an exclusive interview with BBC Global Women.
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"The risk is very real, but it's not the shiny ghost stories the wild-eyed boys are talking about."
— Meredith Whittaker , Executive
"This is exactly what we were warning about in 2017."
— Meredith Whittaker , Executive
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Meredith Whittaker says the tech has been misunderstood, in an exclusive interview with BBC Global Women.
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