LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman's go-to gift this Christmas was an AI-generated music album

Reid Hoffman, an outspoken AI optimist, told a reporter he has gifted AI-generated music to his friends and family.

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• Reid Hoffman, an AI fan, said he gave his friends and family generated music for Christmas presents.
• The billionaire LinkedIn cofounder is worth around $2.5 billion, according to Forbes.
• It comes as Hoffman mounts his defense of AI — and says skeptics are falling into a common trap.

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