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What are they saying about AI at San Francisco Tech Week?

NPR — Tech · · International · AI Governance

Tech workers convened in San Francisco during Tech Week to discuss industry opportunities, the rising cost of living in the Bay Area, and their complicated views on AI's role in their field.

Why this matters: Conference chatter is not policy, but it does reflect where the people building these tools actually stand. Mixed feelings among tech workers about AI matters because they are the ones shipping it. When even insiders are uncertain, it is worth paying attention to what concerns they are naming and whether those concerns ever make it past the panel stage into the products themselves.

Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy

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