It’s not hypothetical: the dangers of AI are already here | Granate Kim and Mohamed Hussein
The future is hereFri 25 Sep 2026 08.00 EDTShareIn recent weeks, concerns about AI have forged unlikely alliances in the tech and policy worlds. Tech moguls such as Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis joined Dario Amodei, Satya Nadella and Bill Gates in sounding the alarm about the dangers of AI and called for a slowdown of the technology’s development despite years of racing for dominance. One of us has been a Microsoft employee for nearly a decade, witnessing all the dangers unfold in real time.
- ▪The future is hereFri 25 Sep 2026 08.00 EDTShareIn recent weeks, concerns about AI have forged unlikely alliances in the tech and policy worlds.
- ▪Tech moguls such as Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis joined Dario Amodei, Satya Nadella and Bill Gates in sounding the alarm about the dangers of AI and called for a slowdown of the technology’s development despite years of racing f
- ▪One of us has been a Microsoft employee for nearly a decade, witnessing all the dangers unfold in real time.
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‘The strike that caused what is almost certainly the worst incident of civilian casualties in the war was, most likely, the result of a “targeting mistake” that relied on faulty data.’ Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘The strike that caused what is almost certainly the worst incident of civilian casualties in the war was, most likely, the result of a “targeting mistake” that relied on faulty data.’ Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesOpinionAI (artificial intelligence)It’s not hypothetical: the dangers of AI are already hereGranate Kim and Mohamed HusseinIsrael and the US have used AI to kill in Gaza and Iran, while law enforcement uses it in surveillance and arrests.
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