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42 Leading Mathematicians Warn that AI Existential Risk Is Real and Urgent

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42 Fellows of the Royal Society, including Fields Medal winners Martin Hairer and Peter Scholze, warn of existential AI risks in an open letter. Leading models have solved open research problems within months, and these capabilities could be just as effective in cyberweapons or bioweapons. By the time the public grasps the situation, it may be too late to act. The article 42 leading mathematicians warn that AI existential risk is real and urgent…

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·São Paulo, Brazil
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42 Fellows of the Royal Society, including Fields Medal winners such as Martin Hairer and Peter Scholze, warn in an open letter of existential AI risks. Leading models had solved open research questions within three months. These abilities were equally effective in cyberweapons or bioweapons. If the situation became obvious to the public, it could be too late to act. Article 42 leading mathematicians warn in an open letter of existential AI risk…

·Germany
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the-decoder.de broke the news in Germany on Friday, September 18, 2026.
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