Leading AI experts, including executives from OpenAI and Google DeepMind,

 

Leading AI experts, including executives from OpenAI and Google DeepMind, have emphasized the need to address the risks of artificial intelligence, saying it poses a threat on par with nuclear war.  In an open letter released Tuesday, more than 350 experts argued that mitigating the risks of AI should be "a global priority." The message, published by the Center for AI Safety, was signed by tech CEOs Sam Altman of OpenAI, Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind, and Dario Amodei of Anthropic. Other high-profile signatories were Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, musician Grimes, and Turing Award-winning AI researchers Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, who previously voiced concerns about AI, the technolog they helped develop. Contrary to the misconception that only a few AI community members are concerned, many experts have privately expressed their worries, according to Dan Hendrycks, the Center for AI Safety executive director. He described the letter as a "coming-out" moment for some industry figures who have been concerned about the risks of AI, including its impact on jobs and algorithmic biases from bad data. In March, a letter signed by over 31,000 industry members, including Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, called for a six-month pause on advanced AI development, citing significant risks to society and humanity.