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AI Threat Is on Par With Pandemics, Nuclear War, Tech Executives Warn

More than 350 people signed a statement saying ‘mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority’

By Alyssa Lukpat
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke to the news media after testifying before a Senate subcommittee earlier this month. Photo: jim lo scalzo/Shutterstock

Tech executives and artificial-intelligence scientists are sounding the alarm about AI, saying in a joint statement Tuesday that the technology poses an extinction risk as great as pandemics and nuclear war.

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