Why the AI race has its creators fearing human extinction

Left: <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/anthropic-ai-risks-coxon-amodei-openai-cybersecurity-dangers/" rel="noopener nofollow">Anthropic Staffers Again Sound the Alarm on AI Catastrophe — www.motherjones.com
Left: <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/09/11/ai-safety-debate-next" rel="noopener nofollow">What&#39;s next for the AI safety debate — www.axios.com
Left: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/oracle-promises-2-gw-of-renewables-to-match-stargate-data-center-emissions/" rel="noopener nofollow">Oracle tries to appease Stargate data center opponents with renewables push — www.arstechnica.com
Center-Right: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/11/trump-ai-extinction-risks.html" rel="noopener nofollow">Trump dismisses AI extinction risks as more than a dozen OpenAI, Anthropic insiders call for a slowdown — www.cnbc.com
Center-Right: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/11/ai-regulation-anthropic-researcher-extinction-warning.html" rel="noopener nofollow">AI regulation calls grow in DC after researcher&#39;s extinction warning — www.cnbc.com
Center-Left: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/11/openai-agents-rubygems-malicious-packages" rel="noopener nofollow">AI agents being tested by OpenAI involved in cyber-attack on another service, say researchers — www.theguardian.com
Center-Left: <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/09/11/ai-warnings-biological-research-dangerous" rel="noopener nofollow">How AI makes biological research more dangerous — www.axios.com
Right: <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/be-wary-of-industries-asking-for-regulation/" rel="noopener nofollow">Be Wary of Industries Asking for Regulation — www.nationalreview.com

Source: www.ft.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:11:14 GMT

Advances in autonomous agents and bitter rivalry between Anthropic and OpenAI have pushed once-fringe fears into the mainstream