Leading experts warn of a risk of extinction from AI

The welcome screen for the OpenAI ChatGPT app is displayed on a laptop screen in February in London. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
AI experts issued a dire warning on Tuesday: Artificial intelligence models could soon be smarter and more powerful than us and it is time to impose limits to ensure they don’t take control over humans or destroy the world.
“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear