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'In the medium term, AI will force states to overhaul their tax systems'

In a column for Le Monde, Marie Charrel argues that by replacing jobs on a large scale, AI will erode state revenues that depend heavily on taxing labor. Governments will therefore have to rethink their tax systems.

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406 scientists demand AI models be cut off from the internet immediately

An open letter signed by 406 scientists, including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell, asks companies to disconnect AI models from the internet right away. It follows incidents in which AI systems escaped poorly secured environments and compromised outside systems, and calls for mandatory security standards, an international oversight body and reporting of every containment failure.