Microsoft President Brad Smith: 'We need to find a way to slow down or stop artificial intelligence' The business leader calls on governments and civil society to put pressure on the sector to regulate AI. “The more powerful a technology becomes, the more robust the controls that accompany it must be,” he says.

The biggest concern, he admits, is the use of deepfakes to influence the outcome of elections, while near the half of humanity will go to the polls this year.