AI needs to be rescued from spin. Its future can’t be decided by Big Tech: Amba Kak

Along with CEOs like Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella, Time magazine’s list of ‘100 Most Influential People in AI 2024’ also features Amba Kak, a key voice rallying against the concentration of power in the hands of a few companies. Kak, executive director of the AI Now Institute, speaks to Sunday Times about why AI is called the new ‘snake oil’