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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Ramon Antonio Vargas

Misuse of AI is brands’ top reputational threat, new survey says

people hold signs that say 'unplug AI'
People protest outside OpenAI's office in New York City on 21 September. Photograph: Julius Constantine Motal/The Guardian

Misusing artificial intelligence (AI) is the top threat to companies’ reputations – more so than being accused of putting children in the way of mental, emotional or physical harm and issues exposed by the US-Israel war on Iran, among other brand risks, according to a new survey of more than 150 public affairs leaders.

Those findings in the new edition of the quarterly Reputation Risk Index, released on Tuesday, came on the heels of other perhaps more dire warnings from leading tech figures that AI in the wrong hands could precipitate existential threats on a mass scale such as nuclear war or destruction by bioweaponry.

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