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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Technology
Erin Hale

AI poses ‘risk of extinction’, tech CEOs warn

The rapid advancement of AI has sparked concerns about negative consequences for society [File: Florence Lo/Reuters]

Taipei, Taiwan – Artificial intelligence poses a “risk of extinction” that calls for global action, leading computer scientists and technologists have warned.

“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” a group of AI experts and other high-profile figures said in a brief statement released by the Center for AI Safety, a San Francisco-based research and advocacy group, on Tuesday.

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