Election risks, safety summits and Scarlett Johansson: the week in AI

It’s been a busy week in the world of artificial intelligence.
OpenAI found itself in hot water with Scarlett Johansson after
launching its new chatbot, Sky, drawing comparisons to the
Hollywood star’s character in the sci-fi film Her. In South Korea,
the second global AI summit took place, and a report from the Alan
Turing Institute explored how AI could influence elections. The
Guardian’s UK technology editor, Alex Hern, tells Madeleine Finlay
about what’s been happening. Help support our independent
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