Cities Will Lead the AI Revolution: Ian Klaus, Nicklas Lundblad

Since March 2023, when the artificial-intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT-4 was released, national governments and industry leaders have been moving at incredible speed to capture the benefits of AI and counter its risks. Tech companies like OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic are encouraging the development and deployment of ethical standards and best practices, and even regulations, around the technology. Governments are advancing efforts to capture AI’s economic benefits, guard against possible abuses, and, increasingly, prevent catastrophic events. An executive order signed Wednesday by California Governor Gavin Newsom, for example, directs relevant state offices to plan for long-term economic effects and consider vulnerabilities to ...