Microsoft president: AI risks repeating social media era’s mistakes

Smith said it was clear the public ‘want to be confident that this new technology will remain under human control’. — AFP

NEW DELHI: Breakneck development of artificial intelligence risked repeating mistakes made by the tech industry at the start of the social media era, Microsoft president Brad Smith told a business forum on Aug 25.

Rapid advancements in AI have stoked global alarm over the technology’s potential for disinformation, misuse and upheaval of the labour market.