Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Join MIT Technology Review executive editor Niall Firth for a conversation with senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven and AI reporter Grace Huckins unpacking AI extinction fears: where they come from, whether they hold any water, and, if so, what we should do. Register now Going live on Tuesday, September 15 at 16:00 BST / 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST Speakers: Niall Firth, executive editor, Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor, and Grace Huckins, AI reporter Related Stories Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all Bill Gates says we’ve passed AI’s danger thresholds. Now what? The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face
Roundtables: Could AI really kill us all?
Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Join MIT Technology Review executive editor Niall Firth for a conversation with senior AI editor Will…
AI Summary & Key Takeaways
- Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity
- Are they right
- Or is this more scaremongering and hype
Related stories
AI News Digest for October 27, 2026
Today in the world of artificial intelligence shows how technologies are integrating ever deeper into various industries and regions. Nvidia supports Indian startup Simplismart, ensuring eth...
Opera introduces a new web standard to let users deploy AI locally in their browser
The new standard, WebAI, is designed to work with a variety of AI models.
Why Cybersecurity Needs AI | Cisco’s Jeetu Patel
“It is a prerequisite for staying safe that you must use AI.” Attackers can move at machine speed. Defenders need security controls that can adapt just as quickly. Jeetu Patel, President of Cisco, explains why OpenAI is becoming a core foundation for that work. With capabilities…
Embotech and BMW move 1M vehicles with automated driving technology
A MINI autonomously rolls off a U.K. production line using Embotech technology. Source: BMW Group As vehicles come off the production line, human drivers typically need to get into each one to drive them to be parked or loaded onto trucks. Embotech and BMW today said they have…

