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July 9, 2026
General AIInviting hard questions
Overview
We're asking the public for their hardest questions about AI, and committing to show our work as we address them. Announcements Inviting hard questions Jul 9, 2026 Who decides the rules for AI? Can AI give my children a better future?
Key Takeaways
- Does AI make the world a more dangerous place?
- They already use it every day, and they see its potential for making our work and our lives less laborious, for changing the way we learn, for helping speed up scientific and technological progress, for creating new sources of prosperity, and for solving some of the biggest medical and social problems we face.
- Many are concerned about what it means if AI's capabilities fall into the wrong hands-and wonder whether the benefits outweigh the costs.
In the film below, you can hear some of these hopes and concerns from people we've spoken with.
- To truly act in the public interest, we need to fully understand the hopes and concerns the public has about this new technology.
As part of our new initiative on hard questions , we're taking further steps to understand people's views and questions on a variety of AI-related topics, and transparently chart our progress toward our public benefit goals.
- To see some of the questions others are asking, and to share your own, visit our hard questions website .
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