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Google’s DeepMind CEO says there are bigger risks to worry about than AI taking our jobs


Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google’s AI research arm DeepMind and a Nobel Prize laureate, isn’t too worried about an AI “jobpocalypse.”

Hackers have used AI to generate voice messages impersonating US government officials, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a May public advisory. But his comments further underscore both thepromise of AI and thealarm that itbrings as the technologygets better at handling complex tasks like writing code and generating video clips. New AI models are showing progress in areas like video generation and coding, adding to fears that the technology could eliminate jobs.

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