How do we balance the opportunities and threats presented by AI?

Analyst firm Omdia recently hosted an afternoon of presentations and discussion of the current state of play with artificial intelligence.
While AI as a concept has been around for almost 70 years, the latest developments around generative AI in particular have revved up the hype cycle once more. Almost uniquely with this technology, any hype is matched by an equal amount of panic about its potential negative consequences. While some of this may be Hollywood-induced hysteria at this point, there