People in the AI industry who say AI might have negative effects are being told they are hurting the industry's PR while it tries to raise trillions of dollars.
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What people in the industry are privately told is not publicly recorded.
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Bill Gates, “People in the AI industry who say AI might have negative effects are being told they are hurting the industry's PR while it tries to raise trillions of dollars.” (said 29 August 2026). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_fc06fb81201a, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_fc06fb81201a
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