Sam Altman ouster spotlights rift over extinction threat posed by AI Tuesday, November 21 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Months before OpenAI board member Ilya Sutskever would gain notoriety for his key role in the ouster of CEO Sam Altman, Sutskever co-authored a little-noticed but apocalyptic warning about the threat posed by artificial intelligence.Superintelligent AI, Sutskever co-wrote on a company blog,... Read More.
Dispute over threat of extinction posed by AI looms over surging industry Friday, July 21 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- While experts disagree about whether AI poses an existential threat, Dan Hendrycks, a researcher and the director of the Center for AI Safety, or CAIS, is among those who believe the technology could destroy humanity in a variety of ways.A bad... Read More.
AI poses threat of ‘extinction event for humanity,’ US official says Wednesday, May 31 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A top U.S. official for cybersecurity said Wednesday that humanity could be at risk of an "extinction event" if tech companies fail to self-regulate and work with the government to reign in the power of artificial intelligence.The remarks came a day... Read More.
AI leaders warn the technology poses ‘risk of extinction’ like pandemics and nuclear war Wednesday, May 31 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of business leaders and public figures sounded a sobering alarm on Tuesday over what they described as the threat of mass extinction posed by artificial intelligence.Among the 350 signatories of the public statement are Sam Altman, the chief executive of... Read More.
National Bird Day: These are some of the species most at risk of extinction in the US Thursday, January 5 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The majority of bird species in the U.S. face a grim future in coming decades if environmental efforts, such as mitigating climate change and decreasing habitat degradation and loss, are not implemented on a larger scale.More than half of bird species... Read More.
Little-known species are at even more risk of extinction, scientists say Thursday, August 4 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The species scientists know least about are at an even higher risk of extinction because researchers are unable to tailor conservation efforts to their needs, according to researchers.More than 4,300 species whose extinction risk cannot be assessed due to a lack... Read More.
More than 21% of reptiles at risk of extinction in coming decades, scientists say Thursday, April 28 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- More than a fifth of the world's reptiles are at risk of extinction in the coming decades due to human activity, according to a new study.Researchers applied criteria from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species... Read More.