GoKawiilExplainer: How AI works and why experts are raising alarms over its risks
Artificial intelligence now underpins everyday tools, from curating social media feeds to identifying people in photos and speeding up medical research. The growing popularity of chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT has intensified scrutiny of AI's energy consumption, ethical pitfalls and handling of personal data. Warnings that increasingly capable systems could eventually pose a danger to humanity have fueled demands for stricter oversight and a more cautious pace of development.