Why the AI race has its creators fearing human extinction

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Advances in autonomous agents and bitter rivalry between Anthropic and OpenAI have pushed once-fringe fears into the mainstream

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2026-09-12 16:25 · Financial Times AI
Why the AI race has its creators fearing human extinction

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