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AI Poses ‘Risk of Extinction’ on Par With Pandemics and Nuclear War, Tech Executives Warn

More than 350 people, including OpenAI and Google executives, sign a statement sounding an alarm about the technology

Alyssa Lukpat

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke to the news media after testifying before a Senate subcommittee earlier this month. Photo: jim lo scalzo/Shutterstock

Tech executives and artificial-intelligence scientists are sounding the alarm about AI, saying in a joint statement Tuesday that the technology poses an extinction risk as great as pandemics and nuclear war.

More than 350 people signed a statement released by the Center for AI Safety, an organization that said it works to reduce AI risks.

AI Poses ‘Risk of Extinction’ on Par With Pandemics and Nuclear War, Tech Executives Warn

More than 350 people, including OpenAI and Google executives, sign a statement sounding an alarm about the technology

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