Open-source AI may aid climate and development but deepen inequality, experts warn

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Jun 11, 2026, 3:40 pm186 ptsTrendingTop
Open-source artificial intelligence is advancing faster than the world can govern it, and the consequences could reshape the future of sustainability, democracy and global development. In a new comment published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers warns that without coordinated…

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