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Why the headlines about AI are so divorced from reality

The rising tide of news about artificial intelligence is manifestly failing to bring a decent level of insight about exactly how it is being used and what it will end up doing.

Pilita Clark

On the first Monday of this month, artificial intelligence made it into headlines around the world more than 2100 times.

AI was reported to be scamming people in Malaysia, learning the Luganda language in Uganda, reshaping the Indian tech sector, and creating billionaires across the US and China.

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is an associate editor and business columnist at the Financial Times. She writes a weekly column on modern corporate life, as well as features and other articles.

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