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Are we headed for an AI doomsday?

The Daily Aus · Sep 14, 2026 · 22:14

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Does the artificial intelligence industry need to slow down? An Anthropic researcher says he’s quit his job over mounting fears his employer and its competitors are racing to build systems they won’t be able to control – systems he warns could “kill us all by the end of the decade”. Tech CEOs say they agree with him, so what does that mean for the future of AI, and how has the rest of the world responded? We’ll unpack it all in today’s deep dive. 

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Host: Emma Gillespie and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Orla Maher
Video Editor: Rosa Bowden

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