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• Zhang Hongjiang, founder of BAAI: ‘AI systems should never be able to deceive humans’

  One of China’s leading advocates for artificial intelligence safeguards says international collaboration is key

  
• Meta Oversight Board’s Helle Thorning-Schmidt: ‘Not all AI-generated content is harmful’

  The former Danish PM says her panel’s decisions have helped the social media giant grow up — and that other platforms should use its services

  
• Index Ventures’ Danny Rimer: ‘The talent is what’s going to drive the difference’

  Markets and technology matter, says the VC veteran, but people are the decisive factor in choosing investments

  
• Rene Haas: ‘Arm has the most ubiquitous computer architecture on the planet’

  Chip designer’s chief executive talks about diversification and how AI is changing the devices we use

  
• Keily Blair, OnlyFans: ‘We are an incredible UK tech success story’

  The platform’s boss is proud of its adult-content creators — and dismissive of banks that shun them

  
• Bill Ready: why social media turned toxic and how we can fix it

  Some platforms drive up clicks by maximising outrage. Pinterest’s CEO wants to show that it pays to be nice

  
• Cristiano Amon: generative AI is ‘evolving very, very fast’ into mobile devices

  The chief executive of Qualcomm says smarter phones will be transformative both for consumers and for the tech industry

  
• Justin McLeod: AI is ‘really going to change the game’ for dating apps

  The founder of Hinge says that capturing as much ‘signal’ as possible from users is the key to successful matches

  
• Andrew Ng: ‘Do we think the world is better off with more or less intelligence?’

  The computer scientist says it’s a mistake to fall for the doomsday hype on AI — and that regulators who do will only benefit vested interests

  
• Alexandr Wang: US technologists should help preserve US military and economic leadership

  Scale AI’s co-founder wants America to grasp AI’s potential to transform warfare before geopolitical rivals do

  
• Adam Selipsky: There will not be one generative AI model to rule them all

  Head of Amazon Web Services says Microsoft and OpenAI are not way ahead — there will be choice and competition

  
• Aidan Gomez: AI threat to human existence is ‘absurd’ distraction from real risks

  Co-founder of Cohere says we should be more worried about use of artificial intelligence in social media and medicine

  
• Brian Chesky: I want Airbnb to become a physical social network

  CEO says the accommodation booking platform can be a way for people to make real connections — unlike social media

  
• Dina Srinivasan: exposing the monopoly power of Facebook and Google

  Yale academic was among the first to show that tech groups’ ‘free’ products could be anti-competitive

  
• Arvind Krishna: If AI can replace labour, it’s a good thing

  IBM’s chief executive sees practical use cases for artificial intelligence and quantum computing in just a few years

  
• John Riccitiello: gamers don’t care whether it’s AR or VR — they just want good content

  The Unity Technologies CEO sees artistic creativity as crucial to the success of new platforms

  
• Connie Chan: TikTok is showing Google and Amazon the future of search

  The ‘China Whisperer’ at venture capitalist Andreessen Horowitz sees big opportunities in video-led product ‘discovery’

  
• Evan Spiegel: Snap’s ad slowdown does not blur vision of augmented reality

  Chief executive of visual messaging group sees Spectacles technology as chance for diversification

  
• John Hanke: A real-world metaverse will be more magical than VR

  Niantic founder says adding a tech layer to indoor and outdoor experiences can enhance reality

  
• Melanie Mitchell: Seemingly ‘sentient’ AI needs a human in the loop

  Davis Professor of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute and former co-head of Google’s AI Ethics unit discusses the technology’s limits

  
• Ifeoma Ozoma: My experience taught me that tech workers must be Silenced No More

  After suffering discrimination on the basis of gender and race, the former Google, Facebook and Pinterest employee explains her mission to end the abuse of non-disclosure agreements

  
• Vinod Khosla: AI and climate investors can help western values win out

  The Silicon Valley venture capitalist says it is vital to take risks on breakthrough technologies as economic rivalry between the US and China intensifies

  
• Tim Sweeney: Epic will fight Apple and Google to keep the metaverse open

  ‘Fortnite’ game creator says tech giants must not be allowed to use monopoly power to dominate new platforms, as they do with smartphone apps

  
• Dave Limp: Amazon’s focus is on the real world, not the metaverse

  In our third Tech Exchange interview, the man responsible for the Alexa virtual assistant and Astro robot explains how ‘ambient computing’ can enhance the real world — rather than creating a virtual one

  
• Kevin Mandia: We’re braced for the impact of Russian cyber attacks

  In the second of our monthly ‘Tech Exchange’ interviews, the founder of cyber security firm Mandiant warns of indiscriminate hacking of western companies and governments as the Ukraine crisis escalates

  
• Satya Nadella: ‘Being great at game building gives us permission to build the next internet’

  In the first of a new series of monthly ‘Tech Exchange’ interviews, the Microsoft boss explains why his $75b deal for Activision Blizzard is central to shaping online interactions in the metaverse