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People Hate AI No Matter How Tech CEOs Talk About It

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Taylor Lorenz
Aug 12, 2026
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Vast swaths of the American public are against AI, and as Silicon Valley CEOs attempt to shift the narrative there are signs that they’re going to have to do a lot more than simply change the way they’re talking about the tech.

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