It is no surprise that this year’s VivaTech conference had an “AI Mile” to display the latest developments in artificial intelligence. Some 88% of business leaders surveyed by the conference plan to invest in AI in 2024. They, along with thousands of startups and investors, converged at Europe’s large tech conference May 22-25 to learn about how to best leverage the technology, avoid its pitfalls, and navigate an uncertain future.
Conference goers from around the globe heard how AI was transforming everything from e-commerce and luxury goods to waste management, cosmetics, and cars. But high profile speakers such as Elon Musk, the entrepreneur behind SpaceX, Tesla and XAI, and Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, an encrypted messaging service, reminded conference goers about the darker side of AI :including turbo-charged cyberattacks, deepfakes, discrimination, surveillance, election interference, negative impact on children, impact on the work force and social unrest.
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