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An algorithm off switch isn’t enough. Big tech needs a duty of care over addictive designs | Zoe Daniel

As AI advances minute by minute and governments grapple with new developments they don’t know how to manage, holding big tech accountable becomes even more urgent A digital duty of care is about a lot more than opting out of “the algorithm”. And after the simplistic and at best patchy exercise of the under-16s social media ban, we shouldn’t let the government get away with another populist policy…

An algorithm off switch isn’t enough. Big tech needs a duty of care over addictive designs | Zoe Daniel

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