Elon Musk and other tech giants call for pause on AI development

ChatGPT an AI chatbot has done significant work in evolving the capabilities of artificial intelligence, especially in terms of its usefullness in day to day scenarios.

Now, some leaders in tech have come out calling for the development of AI experiments to be paused for 6 months because of risks to humanity.

Newstalk's Technology Correspondent, Jess Kelly joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder to discuss...

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