How Worried Should You Be About an AI Apocalypse?

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Leaders in artificial intelligence, including Sam Altman and Elon Musk, are debating what the biggest risks created by the technology are. Could it wipe out humanity or enforce dangerous biases? WSJ reporter Deepa Seetharaman joins host Zoe Thomas to explain the threats and the divisions within the AI sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	At Salesforce, we're all about asking more of AI.
0:03.7	Questions like, where is the data going?
0:06.0	Is it private?
0:07.0	Is it secure?
0:08.0	Are you sure?
0:09.0	Are you sure you're sure?
0:11.0	Is anyone really sure?
0:13.0	For sure?
0:14.0	Get answers you can trust from Salesforce at AskMoreOfAi.com.
0:25.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:27.0	It's Wednesday, September 6.
0:29.0	I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:32.0	Artificial intelligence leaders are debating whether to focus on inverting an AI apocalypse,
0:39.0	or problems such as bias and disinformation that can be caused by the technology.
0:44.0	So how worried should the rest of us be about the risks caused by AI?
0:49.0	And does either side have solutions for tackling these challenges?
0:55.0	Our reporter, Deepa Sitharaman, joins us later with some answers.
1:03.0	But first, investors are pouring money into battery recycling companies.
1:09.0	We're exclusively reporting the startup Ascend Elements raised $460 million
1:16.0	in a financing round that values the company at roughly $1.5 billion.
1:22.0	And last week, rival recycling startup Redwood Materials raised $1 billion.
1:27.0	The backers of these deals include major investors like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs.
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