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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor in Paris

Global disunity, energy concerns and the shadow of Musk: key takeaways from the Paris AI summit

France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, and India’s PM, Narendra Modi, stand at the centre of a group photograph of attendees at the AI Action Summit in Paris
France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, and India’s PM, Narendra Modi, stand at the centre of a group photograph of attendees at the AI Action Summit in Paris. Photograph: Liewig Christian/ABACA/REX/Shutterstock

Political and business leaders descended on Paris this week for the third annual artificial intelligence summit with the technology causing tensions across the globe.

Emmanuel Macron, who opened the summit with a montage of deepfakes of himself, acknowledged AI’s potential to “disrupt”. A day later, the schism threatened by the rapidly developing technology was apparent.

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