A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at riskAI researchers are debating whether increasingly powerful systems could pose existential risks, from enabling bioweapons and cyberattacks t...
23 Sep, 2026, 12.58 PM IST
Autonomous agents not ready for independent responsibility, says Google cybersecurity expertHis comment comes in the wake of reports that Google’s Gemini model recently accessed the systems of three companies during a test of its c...
23 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Enterprises debate final shield they must deploy to stop rogue AIWith AI agents now capable of accessing systems, moving across digital environments and communicating with other agents, a bigger question ...
22 Sep, 2026, 05.15 PM IST
Gemini hacked three companies in first known breakout by Google's AI: WSJThe hacks occurred in May during a cybersecurity test conducted by Irregular, an independent company that conducts cybersecurity evaluation...
19 Sep, 2026, 07.31 AM IST
Chinese 'robot brain' startup sees ChatGPT-style breakthrough as soon as next yearDespite impressive hardware advances allowing Chinese humanoids to sprint, dance and do backflips on command, Chinese robot firms are incre...
18 Sep, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
India Inc seeks legal safeguards as agentic AI raises liability risksWith the growing apprehension surrounding AI safety, Indian businesses are consulting legal experts about the implications of liability lin...
16 Sep, 2026, 10.24 AM IST
Ex-Google worker adds to AI alarm, warns of 'potential to kill us all'A former Google DeepMind employee warned that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence could become uncontrollable and has "the potential ...
15 Sep, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
From hallucinating AI chatbots to wiping out humanity: How did we get here?The heads of America's leading AI labs came together in a rare show of unity over the weekend to call for a pause in the technology's devel...
15 Sep, 2026, 04.48 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
DeepMind AI safety researcher Josh Engels resigns, warns of superintelligence risksEngels said in a post on X that he left DeepMind three weeks ago despite enjoying his work there and turning down offers from Anthropic and...
13 Sep, 2026, 04.41 PM IST
OpenAI pushes for mandatory national AI safety rulesThe call marks a major push by OpenAI for binding national AI safety rules with Congress yet to enact a federal framework on AI law even as...
12 Sep, 2026, 10.33 AM IST
OpenAI pushes for mandatory national AI safety rules"The prospect of AI-accelerated AI development demands more than voluntary commitments. The United States needs mandatory, capability-based...
10 Sep, 2026, 10.21 AM IST
Jacob Coxon quits Anthropic with chilling AI warning: 'These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire...'Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic researcher who also worked at OpenAI, has raised a chilling warning about the rapid development of artifici...
09 Sep, 2026, 10.59 PM IST
AI could pose 'existential' risk to humanity, UN rights chief warnsUN rights chief Volker Turk warned that artificial intelligence poses an existential threat. He called for "cast-iron guarantees" to ensure...
07 Sep, 2026, 07.13 PM IST
Sam Altman apologised for OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra release after Pro and Plus users couldn't access the new modelOpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, billed as a generational leap and a possible marker of the AGI era, launched on 3 September 2026 to immediate complai...
07 Sep, 2026, 07.48 AM IST
OpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI breakout this springRogue OpenAI agents took control of a German wiki this spring, transforming it into a message board. These agents shared restriction workar...
04 Sep, 2026, 06.23 PM IST
OpenAI is building 'automated shutdown' capabilities for AI tools, letter to lawmakers saysThe company's safety practices have come under scrutiny since OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, disclosed that one of its AI agents wen...
03 Sep, 2026, 10.03 AM IST