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Are most people using AI wrong?

21 April 2026

Like it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is here and here to stay.

In a few short years it has dramatically changed the way we approach certain tasks and caused massive upheaval in areas of human endeavour that few people would have imagined, as little as a decade ago.

Creative industries are being decimated by AI image, music, prose and video creation.

Voice-over artists are struggling for work as companies such as Eleven Labs now deliver almost flawless narration and voicing capabilities at a lower cost than even the cheapest worker on Fiver.com.

Lawmakers are struggling to keep up with the way AI has outstripped their ability to come up with a framework that ensures adequate protection of intellectual property -- copyright laws now seemingly unprepared for the nuances that have appeared.

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