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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OP-ED: Forget future existential threats — AI is automating gendered violence and misogyny right now

Source: Daily Maverick · 2026-11-01T21:13:58.000Z · Artificial Intelligence

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OP-ED: Forget future existential threats — AI is automating gendered violence and misogyny right now

The current alarm about the future dangers of agentic AI might distract us from the very real AI harms already happening. As we speculate about whether machines might one day become dangerous to humankind, AI is deepening misogyny, eroding safety and automating gendered abuse.

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