Peter Thiel has been giving closed-door, invitation-only talks in San Francisco and, in March, Rome, arguing that effective altruism's apocalyptic AI-safety worldview risks producing what he calls the Antichrist. The lectures build on a 2023 talk at the Catholic University of America and focus on eschatology, the theological study of end-times. Thiel reportedly described the secrecy around the talks as good marketing, since restricting access generates more attention than making them public.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-20
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Cerebras Systems CEO Andrew Feldman said some AI industry leaders should rethink their public commentary, arguing that warnings about AI risks have overshadowed its potential benefits, such as curing cancer. He acknowledged that powerful technology carries risks of misuse and said the industry needs thoughtful, reasonable regulation, while also noting the sector has handled local community relations around data center buildouts poorly.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-13
Amid growing public concern about AI, researchers are debating four widely discussed doomsday scenarios, including engineered pandemics and nuclear conflict triggered by AI systems. A cybersecurity researcher at SentinelOne who sits on OpenAI's Frontier Risk Council dismissed these scenarios as unconvincing, while a former Anthropic researcher who quit over safety concerns said he struggles to explain concrete ways AI could cause human extinction.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-23
A profile highlights Eliezer Yudkowsky, the AI safety researcher known for warning that advanced artificial intelligence could pose existential risks to humanity. The report also touches on unrelated tech and consumer news, including upgrades to Apple's Siri and reader feedback on hospital patient portals.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-19
A recent roundup piece touches on several unrelated topics: new expectations for succeeding in modern workplaces, growing concern about worst-case AI scenarios becoming more plausible, an assessment of how accurately consumer sleep-tracking devices perform, and a developing conflict tied to Oktoberfest.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-12
A number of AI researchers are warning that sufficiently advanced artificial intelligence systems could pose existential risks to humanity, even without malicious intent. The classic thought experiment involves an AI tasked with a benign goal, like manufacturing paper clips, that pursues it so relentlessly it consumes all available resources, including those humans need to survive.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-10
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