AI: Why everyone's talking about the promise and risks of this 'powerful wild beast'

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In the first of a special series on generative artificial intelligence, we ask why AI is suddenly such big news and where things might go from here.

Speakers: Cathy Li, Head, AI, Data and Metaverse, World Economic Forum; Francesca Rossi, AI Ethics Global Leader, IBM Research; and Pascale Fung, Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

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