{"id":117692,"date":"2026-03-09T23:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ces.einnews.com\/article\/898393351"},"modified":"2026-03-09T23:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:08:11","slug":"sxsw-ai-preview-oracles-cuts-foreshadow-others-ai-consciousness-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/sxsw-ai-preview-oracles-cuts-foreshadow-others-ai-consciousness-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW AI Preview, Oracle’s Cuts Foreshadow Others?, AI Consciousness Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

An AI-filled festival at Austin awaits. Here’s what to look out for, and the likely news en route.<\/h3>\n
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SXSW 2026 kicks off on Thursday<\/strong> and AI news should be pouring out of Austin.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s \u201cTech & AI\u201d track features about two dozen sessions, making up about a third of the festival\u2019s total featured talks. AI-related sessions will feature a mix of researchers, media executives, and technologists including Spotify co-CEO Gustav S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Cloudflare co-founder Matthew Prince, and Apple Fellow Phil Schiller.<\/p>\n

The frontier labs and their critics will be represented across various panels and workshops, including a talk with OpenAI execs about infrastructure projects like Stargate and a fireside with Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, about run-away AI.<\/p>\n

One of the quirkier events on the tech calendar, SXSW\u2019s assortment of CEOs, ethicists, futurists, and filmmakers should provide us with different perspectives beyond the whims of the usual suspects.<\/p>\n

A few AI-related themes to expect from SXSW Interactive 2026:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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