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This week, US President Joe Biden issued an executive order on “safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence”. The broad order, which serves primarily as a directive to the federal government, spans both risks and opportunities for AI. During a presentation announcing the order, Biden called it “the most consequential technology of our time” that “will accelerate at warp speed”. Fashion, like all industries, should be listening.