{
  "id": 10471935,
  "title": "AI godfathers warn of runaway ‘intelligence explosion’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/ai-godfathers-warn-of-runaway-intelligence-explosion-10471935",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-28T15:00:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/28/ai-godfathers-warn-of-runaway-intelligence-explosion"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Two of the \"godfathers\" of modern AI, Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, along with senior executives at OpenAI and Anthropic, have warned governments to prepare for an AI \"intelligence explosion\". According to a report they co-authored, this development could be the most consequential technological advancement in history.\n\nThe report urges politicians to take action now to prevent runaway progress in the technology. Hinton is a Nobel laureate, while Bengio is a Canadian computer scientist.\n\nThe warning was also supported by the OpenAI chief scientist, though their outlet was not specified.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Science",
        "title": "AI godfathers warn of runaway ‘intelligence explosion’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/ai-godfathers-warn-of-runaway-intelligence-explosion",
        "published": "2026-09-28T15:00:36.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}