{
  "id": 163785,
  "title": "AI before AI: The legacy of Norbert Wiener’s cybernetics (3/3)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/ai-before-ai-the-legacy-of-norbert-wieners-cybernetics-3-3",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T05:35:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260805-ai-before-ai-the-legacy-of-norbert-wiener-s-cybernetics-3-3"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Norbert Wiener, the founder of cybernetics, may deserve a place in the pantheon of the founding fathers of modern AI, alongside Alan Turing and John von Neumann. FRANCE 24 takes a look at this overlooked mathematician who was one of the first to warn against the automation of society.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}