Davos

British

/ ˈdævɒs /

noun

Romansch name: Tarau. a mountain resort in Switzerland: winter sports, site of the Parsenn ski run. Pop: 11 417 (2000). Height: about 1560 m (5118 ft)

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Amodei, in January at Davos, essentially questioned the ethics of AI companies run by leaders who came out of social media.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It was going to be hard, no matter what, to reconcile the two elements of his Davos speech," he said.

From BBC

The speech echoed previous statements, including a speech in Davos in January in which he said the "old order is not coming back" and urged middle powers to band together.

From BBC

We all saw this on display last month as world leaders took the podium at our annual conference in Davos and spoke of shifts and breaks in the world order.

From Barron's

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