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Forget rampant killer robots: AI’s real danger is far more insidious

29 May 2019

AI isn’t going to crush us underfoot, but it does harbour a threat that makes Terminator look innocent: entrenching human biases and turning them against us
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Singapore's ban on fake news sets a dangerous precedent

29 May 2019

As tempting as it sounds, Singapore's initiative to curb online misinformation could stop public-interest journalism and stifle academic discourse, says Donna Lu

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