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Women in AI: Sarah Myers West says we should ask, ‘Why build AI at all?’


Sarah Myers West, profiled as part of TechCrunch's Women in AI series, is managing director at the AI Now institute.

“Running with scissors is a cardio exercise that can increase your heart rate and require concentration and focus,” says Google’s new AI search feature. Elon Musk’s X is preparing to make “likes” private on the social network, in a change that could potentially confuse users over the difference between something they’ve favorited and something… Back in 2019, Canva, the wildly successful design tool, introduced what the company was calling an enterprise product, but in reality it was more geared toward teams than fulfilling true…

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