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Wednesday briefing: Why tech companies might be only too happy for us to believe AI will ‘kill us all’

The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1, news) 2026-09-16T05:45:20.000Z Original ↗

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confidence 60% · 1 item

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Single-model reading. This item did not meet the threshold for a multi-model panel.

Existential and catastrophic risk Synthetic media and manipulation

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In today’s newsletter: It is hard to tell fact from fiction when it comes to AI. What is really going on – and what should the government do about it? Good morning. As a general rule, it pays to be suspicious of any gigantic company that claims it’s developing a tool capable of destroying humanity. But in recent days, a number of warnings from the AI industry have suggested that even tech insiders are starting to worry about what they have unleashed. In a lofty essay published on Saturday, Dario Amodei, the founder of Anthropic (the company behind Claude), argued that tech companies need to “slow” the pace at which they’re developing the newest and most sophisticated AI models. Lucy Letby | Three babies might have survived if hospital had acted upon concerns over Lucy Letby, an inquiry has found . Lady Justice Thirlwall condemned the ‘complete failure’ to protect babies on neonatal unit at Countess of Chester hospital. UK politics | The leader of Reform UK in Wales stood down after arrest on suspicion of assault . Dan Thomas, a former Tory councillor, was elected to Senedd as leader of the opposition in May. AI | The progressive senator Bernie Sanders and rightwing strategist Steve Bannon have called for restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) but offered competing visions for what they termed a “cold war” with China. UK news | Young people in Rotherham face a local jobs market with the fewest suitable opportunities in Britain, according to a report that warns stark regional divisions are fuelling a crisis in youth work. Defence | John Healey is in talks with the Canad

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Llama 3.3 70B	Meta	analysis	0	60%	5726ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-09-16 06:17

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Item discusses AI concerns, but lacks concrete evidence.

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Tech companies might be happy for people to believe AI will 'kill us all'
Dario Amodei argues tech companies need to slow AI development

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SOURCE     The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT   a80182ec-5e46-4d00-8fc8-f2d0dbea5f22
           https://theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/wednesday-briefing-why-tech-companies-might-be-only-too-happy-for-us-to-believe-ai-will-kill-us-all
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EVIDENCE   2 extracted excerpts
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MODEL RUN  1 run, methodology 1.0.1
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SCORE      0  (Mixed or uncertain)
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CONFIDENCE 60%