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Calls for AI regulation grow as experts warn of dystopian future

Semafor · · International · AI Governance

Experts are calling for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence, warning that unchecked development could lead to serious societal harms. The push reflects growing concern among researchers and policy voices about the pace and direction of AI deployment.

Why this matters: The word 'dystopian' gets used a lot, but the underlying concern is concrete. Powerful AI systems are being built and deployed faster than any rules to govern them. That gap is where the real risk lives. When experts warn publicly, it usually means the quieter conversations inside labs and governments are already alarming. The question is not whether regulation is coming. It is whether it arrives before something goes badly wrong, or after.

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