Edition No. 82 · Sat 12 Sept 2026 · Story 1 of 21

Is an AI apocalypse coming? We asked senior AI researchers

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Senior researchers describe two routes to catastrophe: AI amplifying a human attacker now, and people handing over decision authority later.

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