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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

Ransomware Gangs Increasingly Recruit Insiders as Perimeter Defenses Tighten

New research from SentinelOne and Mimecast shows attackers are increasingly turning to employees with legitimate network access rather than relying solely on phishing or exploiting software flaws. SentinelOne found insider incidents now cost organizations an average of $19.5 million annually, with breaches involving privileged malicious insiders averaging $4.9 million per event. Mimecast separately reported a 42% year-over-year rise in malicious insider incidents.

darkreading.com · 2026-09-01