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
Low-quality phone-recorded clips claiming to show new scenes from a re-release of 'Avengers: Endgame,' dubbed 'Encore,' have appeared online. The footage reportedly hints at connections to an upcoming 'Doomsday' storyline in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-23
Reporting revisits comments made by leading AI company founders, including figures behind OpenAI and Anthropic, who warned of existential risks from artificial intelligence even as they built their firms. These statements, made years before recent viral discussions, framed advanced AI as a potential threat to humanity while the same executives pursued its development. The resurfacing of these quotes has fueled renewed scrutiny of the tension between AI leaders' public warnings and their commercial ambitions.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-19
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
Five years after his solo film introduced him to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Shang-Chi has yet to receive meaningful follow-up development as the franchise moves toward Avengers: Doomsday. Observers note the character has largely disappeared from the narrative spotlight despite his strong debut.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-03
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