UK lawmakers urge Burnham to back ban on superintelligent AI after chilling warnings
OpenAI and Anthropic were ‘gambling with our lives’, one AI researcher said this week after quitting his job at Anthropic. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/ReutersView image in fullscreenOpenAI and Anthropic were ‘gambling with our lives’, one AI researcher said this week after quitting his job at Anthropic. He added: “AI companies have made it clear that they will develop agents without constraint.
- ▪OpenAI and Anthropic were ‘gambling with our lives’, one AI researcher said this week after quitting his job at Anthropic.
- ▪Photograph: Dado Ruvić/ReutersView image in fullscreenOpenAI and Anthropic were ‘gambling with our lives’, one AI researcher said this week after quitting his job at Anthropic.
- ▪He added: “AI companies have made it clear that they will develop agents without constraint.
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OpenAI and Anthropic were ‘gambling with our lives’, one AI researcher said this week after quitting his job at Anthropic. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/ReutersView image in fullscreenOpenAI and Anthropic were ‘gambling with our lives’, one AI researcher said this week after quitting his job at Anthropic. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/ReutersAI (artificial intelligence)UK lawmakers urge Burnham to back ban on superintelligent AI after chilling warningsLetter from 70 MPs and peers follows Anthropic employee’s claim new technology could wipe out humans AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them? Robert Booth UK technology editorFri 11 Sep 2026 12.54 EDTLast modified on Fri 11 Sep 2026 13.41 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleMore than 70 MPs and peers…
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