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Lawmakers and Hill staffers in both parties say AI leaders are becoming a political liability as they swing between claims of prosperity and existential dangers

Washington has always viewed Silicon Valley as culturally strange. But the current crop of AI leaders is becoming …

Lawmakers and Hill staffers in both parties say AI leaders are becoming a political liability as they swing between claims of prosperity and existential dangers

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