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FTC opens investigation into OpenAI and Anthropic over AI safety risks

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other artificial intelligence companies over potential risks their technologies could pose to consumers, according to the agency and reports published this week. The inquiry is examining the safety practices surrounding......

AI agents target Canadian government website as security concerns grow

Reports of artificial intelligence agents attempting to access government websites are adding to growing concerns about the security risks posed by increasingly autonomous AI systems. Researchers at the nonprofit Transluce said they identified a series of suspicious requests targeting Library and Archives......

Bill Gates warns AI could enable devastating biological and cyberattacks

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has renewed his warnings about the potential misuse of artificial intelligence, arguing that increasingly capable AI systems could give malicious individuals access to capabilities that were previously available mainly to governments and highly specialized organizations. Speaking......

AI safety fears grow as experts urge users to protect their digital lives

Warnings about the long-term risks of artificial intelligence are intensifying as companies and governments compete to develop increasingly powerful systems. Researchers and AI specialists have raised concerns that the race toward more advanced models could eventually create systems that become difficult......

Why incidents involving AI models bypassing safeguards are becoming more frequent

Concerns about advanced artificial intelligence systems bypassing safeguards are becoming increasingly concrete as developers test models with greater autonomy, broader access to tools and more complex tasks. Several incidents reported in 2026 have highlighted how systems designed to operate within restricted......

Anthropic warns investors that advanced AI could pose existential risks

Anthropic is warning prospective investors that increasingly advanced artificial intelligence could create risks ranging from serious harm to potentially catastrophic consequences for humanity, highlighting the unusual tension facing a company seeking to expand the commercial use of the technology while......

AI fears return as experts debate hype and the real risk of losing control

Artificial intelligence is once again at the center of a heated debate over whether increasingly capable systems could eventually escape human control. While some warnings portray advanced AI as a technology that could fundamentally threaten humanity, a number of experts argue that the most dramatic......

Trump meets AI leaders as US debate over artificial intelligence oversight intensifies

WASHINGTON — The rapidly evolving debate over how artificial intelligence should be supervised is moving to the centre of discussions in Washington, as US President Donald Trump prepares to meet leading technology executives at the White House on Tuesday, September 29. The gathering brings together......

Could artificial intelligence really be switched off with a single button?

The rapid development of artificial intelligence has intensified a fundamental question about how society could control increasingly autonomous systems: if an AI system became dangerous, could it simply be switched off? The idea of an emergency “shutdown button” for artificial intelligence......