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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Elaine Kurtenbach

IMF-World Bank meetings focus on global risks and potential benefits of AI

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Guardrails are urgently needed to contain potential risks from the boom in artificial intelligence, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday, likening the technology to a Formula 1 race car that might go off the track and run people over.

“We are racing, and the question is how do we put barriers? So if a car was to fly out it doesn’t kill people,” IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.

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