Hong Kong, Sept 15, 2026 (AFP) - 'We unleashed the beast': the world's fears and hopes about AI

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The threat of catastrophic danger as artificial intelligence develops at high speed has sparked a global debate on how it should be regulated. AFP spoke to people in different countries about their fears and hopes for the AI future, as leading US labs call for a coordinated slowdown of their cutting-edge work on the technology. - Italy: 'Privately, it scares me' - Beside ancient buildings in central Rome, 43-year-old architect Frida Awrohum sai......

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