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Saffron Huang

Saffron Huang has worked for DeepMind and is a researcher and engineer at the Collective Intelligence Project

Despite the high risk, crypto offers a vision of a more open, creative and free internet

The industry is preoccupied with money-making, but the potential of shared computing could go far beyond finance.

By Saffron Huang

Despite the high risk, crypto offers a vision of a more open, creative and free internet

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ChatGPT and the death of the author

AI-powered chatbots are not only exploiting human creativity but rapidly eroding it.

By Saffron Huang

Big Tech’s race for our data is on

The question is who we want to own the data, and how badly we want the AI that it…

By Saffron Huang

The crash of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX may yet strengthen the crypto industry

The 30-year-old’s crypto exchange has filed for bankruptcy, but the potential for decentralised finance remains great.

By Saffron Huang

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