Anthropic Safety Researcher Warns of 10% Chance of AI Killing Humans
A top safety researcher at Anthropic, Evan Hubinger, has warned that there is a greater than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within the next decade. Hubinger believes the risk is low for existing models but is
Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'
BBC Technology · 9 September 2026
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