Imagine a world where AI-driven deepfakes swing elections, job markets collapse overnight, or machines outsmart humanity 🤖. Sounds like sci-fi? Not anymore, say insiders at OpenAI and Google DeepMind.
🔊 The Warning from Within
Eleven current and former OpenAI employees, plus two from Google’s AI team, dropped a bombshell open letter this week. Their message: profit-focused tech giants can’t be trusted to self-regulate AI that could—in worst-case scenarios—endanger human existence.
⚠️ From Deepfakes to Disaster?
The letter flags terrifying possibilities: AI systems spreading voting disinformation (already happening!), deepening social inequalities, or even achieving dangerous independence. One chilling line warns of risks including \"human extinction.\"
🚨 A Call for Transparency
The group demands that AI companies:
Let workers safely report risks without retaliation
Stop silencing critics with NDAs
Share system details with governments
🕵️♂️ OpenAI Fights Back
In a twist, OpenAI revealed Thursday it busted five covert ops using its tech for online deception. But critics argue this proves why oversight is needed: even well-meaning firms struggle to control their creations.
