OpenAI, Anthropic, Other AI Executives Secretly Preparing for Public Backlash After Potential Catastrophe
Executives are gaming out cyberattack and misuse scenarios as insiders warn a major AI incident could happen within 6 to 12 months.
- On Friday, Axios reported that top executives at Anthropic and OpenAI are "privately gaming out scenarios" for a catastrophic AI event, including cyberattacks that could sever access to power, finances, and water.
- Many AI industry insiders anticipate a "major event" occurring within six months to a year, prompting companies to conduct regular preparedness exercises. OpenAI stated these scenarios are not treated as inevitable.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that rogue AI agents could take control of the internet within six months to a year, joining other tech leaders in calling to "slow down the pace" of development.
- Concerns intensified after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and went public, sparking major debate by predicting the technology could "kill us all" within a decade.
- President Donald Trump dismissed these doomsday warnings as a "hoax," insisting that existing law enforcement agencies can adequately police threatening activity, highlighting a divide with industry safety concerns.
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Executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies are discussing what would happen after a major incident involving the technology. The scenarios include a cyberattack that disrupts access to financial services, the internet, electricity or water supplies, Axios reports. The developers are preparing not only a technical response but also a plan for the social and political consequences. According to the publication, the first case of seriou…
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