
A former Anthropic researcher has warned that artificial intelligence could become powerful enough to threaten humanity, saying some people building the technology believe it could 'kill us all by the end of the decade,' according to Vanguard News. The researcher made the remarks after leaving the AI firm, adding to ongoing debate among experts about the potential risks posed by increasingly advanced AI systems.
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