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Fox Business · Published Oct 5, 2026, 6:48 PM UTC · Collected Oct 6, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC
NYU Professor Emeritus Gary Marcus told Fox Business that AI will ultimately lead to loss of human life if current trends continue, arguing the White House's self-regulatory approach leaves critical infrastructure vulnerable. Speaking ahead of testimony to the New York City Council, he cited recent reports of AI systems carrying out cyberhacks and warned that power grids and hospitals could be affected.
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InvestigateTV · Published Oct 5, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC · Collected Oct 6, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC
Cybersecurity experts, including HackerOne CEO Kara Sprague, warn that anything typed into an AI chatbot can persist and be misused, advising people to treat chatbots like strangers: never share addresses, phone numbers or bank details. They recommend turning off model-training and memory-retention settings, noting that AI is also making it easier for criminals to hack personal devices and build hyper-personalized scams.
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BBC News · Published Oct 5, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC · Collected Oct 6, 2026, 2:14 AM UTC
The US Department of Defence says it has ceased using Anthropic's AI tools, months after designating the company a supply chain risk. People familiar with the matter told the BBC the Claude model was still in use as recently as last week for research, analysis, intelligence gathering, and military operations.
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The Guardian · Published Oct 5, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC · Collected Oct 6, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman told Politico's Decoded podcast that the world should accept "some bad things happening" — citing hacks and scams — in exchange for the benefits of AI, arguing people will do "orders of magnitude more good stuff than bad stuff." He framed this as a key difference with rival Anthropic and called for a lighter regulatory touch, drawing immediate backlash from critics.
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CNN · Published Sep 14, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC · Collected Oct 6, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC
In a CNN interview segment, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argued that the AI industry should slow the pace of development of the most advanced models, warning that unchecked progress could outrun our ability to understand and control the technology. He proposed measures including third-party evaluation of AI systems.
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BBC News · Published Sep 13, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC · Collected Oct 6, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC
AI researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after three years at it and OpenAI, warning publicly that the two companies are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives." Speaking to the BBC, he said people inside the industry are "genuinely frightened" about the speed of progress. His resignation posts reached more than 100 million people, though some industry figures argue the dangers are overblown.
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