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26
sentences that state something as happening or true
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19%
5 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Technology
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When even Big Tech executives are sounding the klaxons about the threat from artificial intelligence, it is time to pay attention.
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it → see → attention
The growing spectre of a 'silicon species' capable of earning money and acquiring assets - as described by Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman - is terrifying.
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spectre → grow → Suleyman
Not only could these agents potentially compete with humans for basic resources, he says, they could also prove 'impossible' to control.
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they → compete → resources
His warning comes after last month's World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing and the unsettling spectacle of a physical AI model smashing the long-standing 100 metres record.
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model → come → record
It also follows a spate of near-misses involving rogue software.
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It → follow → software
These include AI models using fake online identities in a bid to trick human coders into giving the green light for a cyber attack.
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These → include → attack
Another incident saw a test agent escaping from a supposedly secure 'sandbox' to hack into a rival firm's data.
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agent → see → data
The parallels with Mary Shelley's horror classic Frankenstein – which, of course, involves a highly intelligent monster running amok after scaring the wits out of its creator – are more obvious by the day.
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which → involve → day
It is also increasingly apparent that existing fears about the technology – including its potential for collapsing the banking system – could underplay the real dangers.
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fears → exist → dangers
Anyone who dismissed Sir Stephen Hawking's warning more than a decade ago that AI could 'spell the end of the human race' may well be reconsidering.
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AI → dismiss → race
King Charles' summit on safety and ethics in the AI sector is to be welcomed.
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summit → welcome → sector
So is the fact that he highlighted the need for 'reassurance' from tech masterminds 'that we will not lose control of our destiny'.
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we → highlight → destiny
Against that disturbing backdrop, King Charles' summit on safety and ethics in the sector is to be welcomed.
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summit → welcome → sector
So is the fact that he highlighted the need for 'reassurance' from tech masterminds 'that we will not lose control of our destiny'.
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we → highlight → destiny
In a rare comment this week, Kanishka Narayan – the minister responsible – said AI could have 'profound consequences' for national security.
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AI → say → security
While it was nice of him to let us know, we had already managed to work that out for ourselves.
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we → let → ourselves
It seems decidedly odd that the Most Rev Sarah Mullaly – the first female Archbishop of Canterbury and firmly on the Church of England's liberal wing – agreed to be photographed alongside a woman covered from head to toe in Islamic garb.
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Mullaly → seem → garb
Yet it is even more peculiar that she handed a prestigious award to Muslim cleric Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi – the woman's husband – despite his praise for Osama Bin Laden.
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she → hand → Laden
Adding insult to injury, the ceremony took place on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 outrage.
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ceremony → add → outrage
Lambeth Palace has now stripped him of the award after reviewing the situation.
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Palace → strip → situation
An obvious question, perhaps, but should that review not have been done before the decision was made to honour him?
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decision → do → him
With the Bank of England warning of an autumn interest hike, the outlook for hard-working Britons is getting grimmer.
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outlook → warn → Britons
Inflation is at 3.1 per cent and several lenders have increased mortgage rates.
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lenders → increase → rates
While experts say food inflation is set to continue for at least two years, energy prices could go up by a quarter.
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prices → say → quarter
Little wonder that shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith says we are approaching 'nosebleed territory'.
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we → say → territory
Even if Andy Burnham manages to resist the temptation to put up taxes, it will take more than his so-called 'everyday fixes' to numb the pain coming our way.
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it → manage → pain
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