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Airbnb chief executive Brian Chesky says AI leaders should stop opening with grand promises to “save humanity” and tackle immediate problems instead, starting with cybersecurity.

In a Semafor interview, Chesky argues that people feel AI is happening to them rather than for them. He says Silicon Valley and Washington both lack the credibility or understanding to manage the technology alone, and casts himself as a potential bridge between them and the public. That is one tech chief’s view, not a policy plan. But it puts a practical challenge to an industry fond of thinking in historic terms: should AI leaders focus first on near-term harms such as cybersecurity, or keep making the case for bigger ambitions?

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