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Open AI’s Big Pause is Hubris, not Safety | Alex Hudson

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Show Notes

Journalist and AI Advisor Alex Hudson from the Crashed podcast joins The Tech Report’s Will Guyatt to look into Open AI’s slowing down of AI development to overhaul safety systems, They also discuss warnings to UK local government that AI tools are not a silver bullet to recoup £4bn budget cuts, new AI slop research and a start-up’s new writing policy.

Alex Hudson is co-host of the Crashed podcast; a new episode drops every Thursday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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