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OpenAI CEO among tech leaders saying AI poses an existential risk to humanity

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is among over 350 technology industry executives and researchers who have signed a one-sentence statement released by the nonprofit Center for AI Safety. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” the statement reads.

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