Spanish PM Sanchez says AI industry cannot be self-regulatedGovernments worldwide are racing to set rules for AI as concerns grow over privacy, discrimination, job losses, misinformation and the conc...
21 Sep, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
AI risk or job risk? India’s engineers worry more about careers than extinctionAI safety is becoming a growing concern in Silicon Valley, but Indian engineers are more worried about a more immediate threat: AI taking a...
21 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
AI set to wipe out humans? Andrew Ng breaks his silence on artificial intelligence doomsday warnings as tech leaders debate whether superintelligent machines could become uncontrollableAI pioneer Andrew Ng calls extinction warnings science fiction, not science. He urges industry focus on practical engineering and cybersecu...
18 Sep, 2026, 07.46 PM IST
New York 17: Can Mike Lawler hold a district Kamala Harris won?New York’s 17th Congressional District is one of the most closely watched House races in the country. Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is seekin...
18 Sep, 2026, 01.00 PM IST
UN chief sounds alarm on AI risk after Trump plays it downSpeaking ahead of next week's U.N. General Assembly gathering in New York, Guterres told reporters the need for stronger oversight would be...
17 Sep, 2026, 08.30 AM IST
Anthropic signs first Australia data centre agreementAI giant Anthropic signed its first data centre lease agreement in Australia, two people familiar with the deal said, capitalising on a fav...
16 Sep, 2026, 09.40 AM IST
ET Under 40 2026: As AI races ahead, leaders urged to put purpose above successSivakumar Sundaram highlighted the importance of collective purpose at The Economic Times awards, urging awardees to utilize recognition as...
16 Sep, 2026, 12.49 AM IST
Limit AI now or humanity will lose its agency, says Nobel laureate RessaThe Filipino and American journalist, who jointly won the 2021 award in part for her work documenting the power of large tech companies, se...
16 Sep, 2026, 12.27 AM IST
Limit AI now or humanity will lose its agency, says Nobel laureate Maria RessaNobel laureate Maria Ressa expresses urgent concerns about the risks that artificial intelligence poses to human agency, emphasizing the ne...
15 Sep, 2026, 06.37 PM IST
Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon Musk: AI’s biggest rivals suddenly agree the race needs brakesAI leaders Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk agree on slowing development. They cite escalating risks from increasingly autonomous an...
14 Sep, 2026, 04.44 PM IST
How China is preparing for the risk of AI escaping human controlThe U.S. and China are the two major driving forces of frontier AI development and the technology's global adoption. Both superpowers have ...
14 Sep, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
New warnings about the risks of AI to humanity revive a long-running debateThe CEO of Anthropic, the San Francisco company behind Claude, said he thought the industry needed to reduce the speed of its work, caution...
14 Sep, 2026, 11.08 AM IST
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella backs need for evaluators for AI systems amid 'slowdown' debateMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella urged strict human control and deliberate pacing in AI development. His comments follow Anthropic CEO Dario Amo...
14 Sep, 2026, 09.29 AM IST
‘AI could kill us all’ warning brings back Baba Vanga’s old prediction on automation: What did the Bulgarian mystic say about AI takeoverA fresh warning from former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon that advanced AI could pose an extreme threat to humanity has brought renewed ...
13 Sep, 2026, 10.07 PM IST
Trump says 'very negative forces' raising exaggerated concerns over AIPresident Trump downplayed fears of artificial intelligence leading to human extinction. He stated that negative forces are raising unfound...
13 Sep, 2026, 09.00 PM IST
Obama voices caution on AI, urges Democrats to tackle it: NYTThe remarks at a recent private fundraising event come as growing numbers of US lawmakers call for tougher rules on AI systems after dire...
13 Sep, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
US-China AI race takes a dangerous turn: former White House official says Washington must prepare for extreme measures if China reaches AGI firstA US official proposed extreme options to counter China's potential artificial general intelligence breakthrough. These options include int...
08 Sep, 2026, 09.52 PM IST