# Professor Amy Webb's remarks at The Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything Festival are highlighted

1 Faculty News May 8, 2018 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-machines-take-over-who-will-be-in-charge-1525813516) -- "Nine tech companies, including Alphabet Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. , are largely deciding the direction of artificial-intelligence research and implementation, said [Amy Webb](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/amy-webb), founder of the Future Today Institute. 'There’s no switch, and nobody is in charge,' Ms. Webb said."

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