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Researchers debate plausibility of AI extinction scenarios

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

AI insiders push back on doomsday warnings from ex-Anthropic staffer

The BBC spoke with multiple current and former employees of OpenAI, Meta and DeepMind who dismissed recent viral warnings that AI could wipe out humanity. The skepticism followed claims by former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon, who suggested future AI agents could develop and deploy biological weapons, sparking a wave of similar warnings from others in the industry.

bbc.co.uk · 2026-09-19