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Elon Musk has shown his hand. If politicians like me won't curb his malign powers, who will?

It’s the job of democracies around the world to stand strong together and hold oligarchs and their platforms to account
Elon Musk has spent much of the past couple of days trying to explain away his offensive antics at Donald Trump’s inauguration. Whether or not it was a deliberate salute, when you support far-right parties in Germany and elsewhere you can hardly act surprised when people put two and two together.
Much of the coverage of Musk centres on his bizarre actions and declarations, […]
Elon Musk has shown his hand. If politicians like me won't curb his malign powers, who will?

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AI could destroy democracy as we know it | Artificial intelligence (AI) – The Guardian

Under the fifth Industrial Revolution, human labour may no longer be able to bargain for a share of wealth and political power, writes Simon Steyne
Your editorials and articles about AI, including Rafael Behr’s piece (Keir Starmer is right to gamble on an AI revolution, but it might not pay out in time, 15 January), are thoughtful contributions to the debate about this fifth Industrial Revolution. Much of it has considered how democracies might govern AI. Little, however, has been written […]
AI could destroy democracy as we know it | Artificial intelligence (AI) – The Guardian