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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth UK technology editor

English-speaking countries more nervous about rise of AI, polls suggest

Protesters carrying sign saying 'Pause AI'.
People working in AI protesting in Parliament Square in 2023. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

People in English-speaking countries including the UK, US, Australia and Canada are more nervous about the rise of artificial intelligence than those in the largest EU economies, where excitement over its spread is higher, new research suggests.

A global split over what has been dubbed “the wonder and worry” of AI appears to correlate with widely divergent levels of trust in governments to regulate the fast-developing technology.

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